risk. but here i am defended yourself against being suspended, which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to cut which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to cut emissions - is warned plans to cut emissions will fall short. the government is facing pressure over raw sewage spilling into rivers, whilst some open water swimmers say it s making them sick. protests intensify in sudan, following a military coup which has seen government leaders arrested. and one of the great managers of scottish football, walter smith, has died at the age of 73. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. millions of public sector workers will see their wages rise next year after the government decided to end the current pay freeze. it was introduced a year ago because of the pandemic, but in his budget tomorrow, the chancellor, rishi sunak, will announce he s lifting it. nu
summer of heat and fire. henry chu has reported from all over the world for the la times, where he s how part of the editorial team. here in the studio, the british author and columnist yasmin ala bhai brown. a very warm welcome to all of you. only if pressure on the health service from covid is unsustainable will borisjohnson s government impose restrictions. we learnt on friday that scientists advising him and other ministers think a spike like the one we saw injanuary is increasingly unlikely . however if the rate of infection grows, earlier intervention would reduce the need for more stringent, disruptive, and longer lasting measures , they say. still, sustainable means different things in different places. in cornwall, the uk s most southwesterly county, the hospital there is only one declared a critical incident . ambulance waits of up to 12 hours. 100 patients seeking treatment in an emergency department with space for fewer than half that number. 44 people ho
up somewhere, you know, in a 2005 or six, the first time i d heard a discussion about it publicly. and of course you don t change that rule, like angus king and people who work in the senate, i live to on the winning side of votes, where the side i was on had 43 votes in the senate of 100 senators. and did it repeatedly. and so, that s what he was talking about tonight, is that concept of remember if you do this it won t be there when you might want it in a few years down the road. so, i get that concept. i am personally passed it, and i just think get rid of the entire thing, there s no point of the 60 vote threshold under any circumstances at all. but it took me, i don t know, maybe three years of thinking about it over ten years ago to get into that space. and working through all of those things that, to some extent, senator king is still working through some of it. but he s worked through most of it and it does take time for the creatures of the senate, who lived with tha
five police officers face gross misconduct proceedings over the stop and search of team gb athlete bianca williams. music and we meet sam ryder, the uk s new hope for this year s eurovision song contest. it s a very significant day for those families who lost loved ones in care homes in the pandemic. the high court in london has warned that discharging patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic was unlawful. the ruling was made of the two women took legal action against public health england and health secretary at the time. they say covid patients were discharged from hospitals back to care homes without testing, causing what was called a shocking death toll. in the first wave of the pandemic almost 20,000 care home residents have died with covid i9. that s more than a third of all people who died with covid during the period. the uk government said it worked tirelessly to protect the public. 0ur social affairs editor alison holt has the story. two women determine