a remote part of eastern india to find out how they ve vaccinated 80 % of adults, way above the national average. only 2a hours to go before the olympics opening ceremony and the show s director has been sacked. and we re live in scarborough as part of a series of reports about life in coastal britain looking at the challenges and opportunities in seaside towns. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. retailers are calling on the government to make food workers who ve had both doses of a vaccine, exempt from the self isolation rules which they say are making it increasingly difficult for some shops to keep their shelves stocked. almost 620,000 people received a contact tracing alert in the last week. the government has said the isolation rules will be relaxed for only a very small number of critical workers, before wider changes in england next month. theo leggett reports. empty shelves in supermarkets, retailers are warning that too many staff are in isolation afte
and you can see temperatures, disappointing for the time of year, 12-14 disappointing for the time of year, 12 14 and probably showers lasting into monday and tuesday. i can tell you at this stage, there is no sign of any warmer weather heading our way. 0h, way. oh, dear, thank you. a reminder of our top story: the prime minister says the new engine variant of coronavirus could make it more difficult to move to the final stage of relaxing restrictions in england injune. that is it, goodbye from me, and we join the news team is where you are, goodbye. hello there and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. plenty on the way, with build up the wembley fa cup final. iam i am live here at wembley stadium, pitch cited, as leicester city look to win the fa cup for the first time in their history and chelsea go chasing a european and domestic cup double. good news, but hurdles to jump for fans travelling to the champions league final in portugal after the government there allows
covid cancellation insurance. and, quack ing the puzzle of how to safely remove this family of ducks from a 9th floor balcony. good afternoon. residents of care homes in england will be able to go out for walks and visit relatives gardens, without having to self isolate afterwards following new rules which come into force on tuesday. the government was facing legal action over the issue after the charityjohn s campaign which pushes for better visiting rights argued that care home residents were being discriminated against. our health correspondent jim reed reports. john kemp s mother sheila has lived in a care home in eastbourne for the last two years. the 92 year old has seen her family recently, but sitting two metres apart, wearing ppe. from tuesday, they can walk together on the seafront again. with mother it makes it she can actually go out, get into the fresh air, be able to go on the seafront, see people, have a cup of coffee, a cup of tea somewhere. 0bviously spe
northern and eastern areas as we start to pick up a chilly north easterly wind. that set the scene to end the week, friday will be chilly, mainly dry with sunshine as we head into the easter weekend, it looks like it will turn more unsettled. it would be cold up both by day and by night, it overnight frost. friday largely dry, as will saturday, and then easter sunday and easter monday, turning wet, windy and cold. that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s hello and welcome to sportsday coming up on the programme it is just our second game of world cup qualifying already feels like a cruise one for whales. if they want to make qatar 2022. as one of manchester is ccckkk greats get set to lead we will reflect on the career of sergio aguero. and breaking stereotypes of stereotypes. parkour athlete tells us about empowering other women. parkour athlete tells us about empowering other women. welcome along to sportsday this
that s russia. also on the programme a warmer world the last seven years have been the hottest ever according to new climate data. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and ”am in melbourne where all eyes are on serbian tennis star novak djokovic. he s back in training after a court overturned the australian government s decision to revoke his visa. but his presence at the australian open is not certain yet. the country s immigration minister is still considering whether to use his personal powers to deport djokovic. shaimaa khalil reports on the latest dramatic developments. within hours of today s judgment, novak djokovic posted this picture on twitter, saying he was pleased and grateful that the judge had overturned the visa cancellation. and despite all that has happened, he wants to say and try to compete at the australian open. cheering. and this is the moment his supporters found out about his victory. he won