either way, its sequel has been hotly anticipated. the meeting was open to the public and it s fair to say the turnout was higher than usual. you probably don t want to appear in an andrew lloyd webber musical playing the part ofjulie s ipad. the lead character, jackie weaver, didn t have a part this time around, but other favourites did appear. 0h, he s disappeared. i ll mute myself. you ll be banned to peru, if you re not careful. tonight s meeting descended into similar barracking again. ..we were simply following standing orders and protocol. the meetings were illegal. but councillors tried to get through business as usual. 20/5446m. some found it funny. others, quite the opposite. i ve just removed them. whether democratic or dysfunctional, like so many sequels, it probably wasn t as good as the original. i declare the meeting closed. judith moritz, bbc news. the many perils of parish councils! hello, i m tulsen tollett and this is your sports news where we start hello a
i guess it s that which is really driving me. we ll have more on the trial and on the debate about easing lockdown. also tonight. the duke of edinburgh, who s 99, is in hospital tonight the palace says it s a precautionary step. the united nations is to raise the case of princess latifa who accuses her father, the ruler of dubai, of keeping her imprisoned. and. ..handforth parish council is back, but does it descend into another verbal bust up? and coming up in sport, on bbc news. stefanos tsitsipas comes from two sets down to beat rafael nadal and move through to the australian open semi finals. good evening. the success of the vaccination programme has made it possible to consider lifting the covid restrictions at an earlier stage according to one of the government s scientific advisors. professor mark woolhouse of the university of edinburgh told a parliamentary committee at westminster there were reasons to be more optimistic because there was more confidence in the
to see the weather turning colder right the way across the uk, and for some, seems like these will be possible heavy snow, maybe even blizzards. but not for all. i will have all the details for you coming up. it s saturday the sixth of february. our top story: scientists are warning against easing lockdown measures too quickly, despite the progression of the coronavirus vaccination programme. the government says all adults over the age of 50 should be offered a jab by may, and with infection rates falling, the prime minister is under pressure to set out a road map for lifting restrictions. rhaya barton has more. nearly 11 million people have been given their first nearly 11 million people have been given theirfirstjab. nearly 11 million people have been given their firstjab. the government is increasingly confident it will hit its target of giving vaccines to the over 70s, all frontline health workers and the clinically extremely vulnerable by the middle of next month, so n