Let s start here in the uk, where the pressure is mounting on the government to intervene after many leading firms across a number of industries have complained about supply chain disruption. The boss of the supermarket chain iceland has said the disruption could affect christmas supplies, and wants the government to address the lack of hgv drivers. According to the british retail consortium, the uk is currently facing a shortfall of 90 thousand hgv drivers. Logistic uk says brexit and covid 19 have exacerbated the situation. They estimate 25,000 eu drivers returned home during the pandemic and following the end of the brexit transition period. Some firms have taken action, last month tesco began offering lorry drivers a £1,000 joining bonus due to the shortage. Coral rose is chairman of the federation of wholesale distributors. Good morning. From your perspective, talk about how big a deal this is, where are we at in this crisis? in this crisis? good morning, this is impacting in
Over the bradford based supermarket a new higher bid is expected in the next few hours. So who wants it and why? i ll look at the details. The drama continues with harry kane after he s left out of tottenham s squad again. The england captain hasn t travelled to portugalfor spurs european match tonight, as speculation continues about his future. Today, there will be cloud around but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or but we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle. But we also have sunshine. The cloud thick enough for rain or drizzle. We. Thick enough for rain or drizzle. We also have another band of rain moving eastwards across england and wales. All the details in about half an hour. It s thursday, 19th august. Our top story. There have been more chaotic scenes outsid
From people at work for years. The premier league season might not even be over, but the transfer speculation is starting. England captain harry kane is understood to be frustrated at tottenham, with widespread reports over his long term future. We are live at the royal horticultural society s brand new garden, rhs bridgwater in salford. Its opening has been delayed by a year because of covid but it opens today and looks blooming marvellous. Good morning from the top of the london eye. What a view! on a gin clear view, you can see a0 kilometres in every direction as far as windsor castle. Many of us starting dry with some sunshine but through the day, further showers developing some with hail. All the details later in the programme. It s tuesday 18th may. Our top story. Ministers are stepping up calls for people to book a coronavirus vaccination as soon as they re offered one, amid increasing concern over the indian variant. It s now spread to 86 local councils, with more than 2,000 co
And in some places queues forming at the pumps. One of america s biggest pipelines is still off line, the result of the weekend s ransomware hack. Plus in a chinese city, one of three escaped leopards is still on the loose, but the five zoo keepers who d kept it quiet have been detained by police. Hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. Those of us old enough to remember the two intifadas know how quickly things can spiral beyond control in the middle east. Tonight it seems it may be happeneing again. Here is the latest. Tonight the palestinian militant group hamas has fired some 130 rockets at tel aviv. Air raid sirens have sounded in the city, a building was hit and once person killed. An energy pipeline has also been hit and set on fire. The israeli defence force has continued its bombardment of the gaza strip. This evening it targeted a 13 storey residential tower, in gaza city, which later collapsed. The residents had reportedly been warned to evacuate
sanitary, dozens of soldiers buried here, only a handful of black africans. war cemetery. driving tests get the green light in england and wales but there s a backlog of hundreds of thousands. and the footballer marcus rashford gets on side with michelin starred chef tom kerridge to create cheap, healthy family meals. and coming up on the bbc news channel. real madrid president florentino perez is insisting the idea of a european super league is not over, merely on standby, with some clubs still involved in trying to find a solution. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. president biden has pledged that the us will aim to at least halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. the president is hosting 42 global leaders at a two day virtual summit aimed at tackling climate change his adminstration is hoping that other big polluters will follow its lead. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt reports. is this the moment