Japans government declares a State Of Emergency for the Tokyo Area ahead of the the Olympic Games the number of people in england waiting to start routine Hospital Treatment has risen to a new record high chancellor Rishi Sunak defends the decision to phase out the £20 weekly increase in Universal Credit introduced during the coronavirus crisis. This was a temporary measure, it was always intended to be a temporary measure and much like all the other things that we have done, they were the things that we put in place to deal with the crisis. Plans for how and when fully vaccinated travellers can go abroad without having to quarantine on their return are to be set out later. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or Around The World. England have reached the final of euro 2020 after beating denmark 2 1 in front of more than 60,000 fans at wembley. Captain Harry Kane hit the winner in extra time to secure a place against Italy On Sunday. If england win, it will be their first ma
to the uk. organisers of this summer s tokyo olympics and paralympics say no international fans will be allowed because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. leeds united s all time record goalscorer, peter lorimer, has died aged 7a. and coming up in half an hour, ros atkins takes a look at why astrazeneca s vaccine has become so controversial. good evening and welcome to bbc news. official figures show that there have been a record number of coronavirus vaccinations in the uk for a second day in a row. the health secretary has said the uk is on track to ease lockdown measures, after announcing that over half of all adults in the country had now had at least one vaccine dose. in the latest 24 hour period alone, nearly 600,000 people had theirfirstjab, bringing the total to over 26.8 million. and just over 2.1 million have now had both doses of the vaccine. despite these record numbers of vaccinations, a scientist on a government advisory body warns summer holidays overse
through central london. police have made several arrests. a volcano has erupted south west of iceland s capital reykjavik, the first eruption in that area of iceland for 800 years and coming up in half an hour, mark kermode gives his unique take on the best and worst of the week s film and dvd releases in the film review and. ireland beat england in dublin while scotland run in 50 points in their victory over italy. with wales vs france still to come. sportsday has all the latest from the six nations. good evening and welcome to bbc news. official figures show that there have been a record number of coronavirus vaccinations in the uk for a second day in a row. the health secretary has said the uk is on track to ease lockdown measures, after announcing that over half of all adults in the country had now had at least one vaccine dose. in the latest 2a hour period alone nearly 600,000 people had theirfirstjab bringing the total to more than 26.8 million. and just over 2.1 mi
a volcano has erupted south west of iceland s capital, reykjavik the first eruption in that area of iceland for 800 years. and coming up in half an hour, the king of horror sits down with stephen sackur, to talk about how the genre has evolved. that s in hardtalk. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. official figures show that there have been a record number of coronavirus vaccinations in the uk for a second day in a row. the health secretary has said the uk is on track to ease lockdown measures, after announcing that over half of all adults in the country had now had at least one vaccine dose. in the latest 2a hour period alone, nearly 600,000 people had theirfirstjab bringing the total to more than 26.8 million. and just over 2.1 million have now had both doses of the vaccine. despite these record numbers of vaccinations, a scientist on a government advisory body, warns summer holidays overseas, are extremely unlikely , because of the risk of travellers bringing coro
the coronavirus lockdown march through central london. police have made several arrests. a volcano has erupted south west of iceland s capital, reykjavik the first eruption in that area of iceland for 800 years. down to the wire in paris france beat wales in a decisive match. and we ll be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers jo phillips and nigel nelson stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. official figures show that there have been a record number of coronavirus vaccinations in the uk for a second day in a row. the health secretary has said, the uk is on track to ease lockdown measures, after announcing that over half of all adults in the country, had now had at least one vaccine dose. in the latest 2a hour period alone, nearly 600,000 people had theirfirstjab, bringing the total to more than 26.8 million. and just over 2.1 million have now had both doses of the vaccine. despite these record numbers of vaccinations, a scientis