cambridge have the victory. and it s a double win for cambridge in both the men s and the women s boat race. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government is to trial measures in england, including covid passports, to allow the safe return of sports matches, major events and nightlife. they ll show if a person has been vaccinated, had a recent negative test or has antibodies. the pilot will include the fa cup final and will last until mid may. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. england s national stadium has been quiet for some time. but in the next few weeks, fans will be back at wembley, cheering on teams as part of pilot schemes. this year s fa cup final will be used to trial covid passports, where you have to prove your status before you re allowed in. the key purpose of looking at this option is to see how it can enable us to open up getting back to the things that we want to do, if this can be at all, to enable businesses to open sooner, because it
on home water, it is still theirs. cambridge have the victory. and it s a double win for cambridge in both the men s and the women s boat race. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government is to trial measures in england, including covid passports, to allow the safe return of sports matches, major events and nightlife. they ll show if a person has been vaccinated, had a recent negative test or has antibodies. the pilot will include the fa cup final and will last until mid may. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. england s national stadium has been quiet for some time. but in the next few weeks, fans will be back at wembley, cheering on teams as part of pilot schemes. this year s fa cup final will be used to trial covid passports, where you have to prove your status before you re allowed in. the key purpose of looking at this option is to see how it can enable us to open up getting back to the things that we want to do, if this can be at all, to enable bu
is one of the richest heads of state in the world he s claimed his daughter is in the loving care of her family. still waiting for a vaccine the radio presenterjo whiley speaks of her fears for her sister frances who has learning difficulties and diabetes after a covid outbreak at her care home. they ll make the situation changed because she has tested positive and i cannot believe it. it s like being in a bad movie and every day there is another plot twist and it s worse than the one before. diversity the final frontier as the european space agency goes recruiting for new astronauts. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the number of people in england being asked to shield to protect themselves from coronavirus infection is to be expanded. the government is recommending an extra 1.7 million people be added to the 2.3 million already on the list. half the group have not yet been vaccinated, so will now be prioritised by their local gps. in other developments toda
you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we have this sad breaking news. former new mexico governor, former u.s. ambassador to the machinations bill richardson has died at the age of 75. my colleague nbc s julie tsirkin is joining me now to look back on richer since five decades of admirable public service. alex. he was a frequent guest, not only of your show but on our platform. always bringing his thoughtful insights and his decades of experience not only as a congressman of six terms serving in the u.s. house, but also serving under the clinton administration as energy secretary, being thrust into the world of diplomatic relations when clinton nominated him to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations. but he also served as governor for two terms in new mexico. senator ben ray lujan says he took over the seat that richardson once held in the house, releasing a statement saying quote, he was trusted to handle some of the mo
infringe on lgbtq rights in this country. there is the hamas attacks on october 7th and israel s indiscriminate retaliation, which have, quote, put loyalty and humanity to a test. and we have seen a republican primary field that is providing moments of absurdity. and let s face it, a lot of levity. let s get started. we begin tonight with a rare warning about our democracy. it is in dire straits, and that is not according to just one or two, but rather, 13 presidential libraries dating back to herbert hoover, all of which on thursday released a joint statement calling for every commitment to the country s bedrock principles, including the rule of law, and respecting a diversity of beliefs. i can t say this enough. this is an unprecedented move, never before had the presidential libraries engaged so directly in political affairs. while their joint message stopped short of calling out individuals by name, the subject of the warning was clear, the declaration read i