the latest attempts to dislodge the ship that s stuck in the suez canal have failed officials say efforts will continue around the clock. and coming up, stroud in gloucestershire is named as the most desirable location to live in the uk. ~ ., , welcome to bbc news. a new milestone has been reached in the uk s battle against coronavirus. more than 30 million people have now received the first dose of a vaccine. the health secretary matt hancock has said reaching the 30 million threshold was a phenomenal achievement . it comes as the government says it s on track to ease the lockdown in england. the culture secretary 0liver dowden says he s confident a further lockdown can be avoided as long as people don t treat the easing of restrictions as a complete free for all . meanwhile, the first minister of wales, mark drakeford, revealed there had been high level talks across the four nations about the idea of so called vaccine passports. here s our political correspondentjessica
police officer eric talley, the first officer at the scene now being called a hero and credited with saving many lives after sacrificing his own life during the massacre. he was just 51 years old, the data of seven children. family members say he loved his kids more than anything and took his job as a police officer very seriously. this is video showing a police procession honoring officer talley last night led by an ambulance that carried his body from the grocery store to a funeral home as police officers and other members of the community lined the streets. talley s death is a reminder that officers across america put their lives on the line for us every civil day. he died heroically, died turned to the line of fire to save people who were simply trying to live their lives and go food shopping. i feel numb and it s heartbreaking. it s heartbreaking to talk to victims. their families. you know, it s tragic. this officer had seven children. ages 5-18. i just had that off
for political thinking with nick robinson. we must not let the public think that we are the parliament that licensed cash for questions. that was the warning from my guest on political thinking this week chris bryant who chairs a house of commons standards committee. his words won him the plaudit of being the parliamentary speech of the year. he also secured a government u turn and a change into the approach and standards. now, chris bryant is a labour mp, he represents one of the poorest constituencies in the country, yet his background doesn t suggest preparation for that. he was a public schoolboy, he trained to be a vicar in the church of england, and he was, at university, a student conservative activist. chris bryant, welcome to political thinking. you ve now made me seem very odd already! in the words of stephen sondheim, i ve went from careered to career. i ve made you interesting rather than odd! orweird. we are going to explore the interesting and the weird, perha
that we are the parliament that licensed cash for questions. that was the warning from my guest on political thinking this week chris bryant who chairs a house of commons standards committee. his words won him the plaudit of being the parliamentary speech of the year. he also secured a government u turn and a change into the approach and standards. now, chris bryant is a labour mp, he represents one of the poorest constituencies in the country, yet his background doesn t suggest preparation for that. he was a public schoolboy, he trained to be a vicar in the church of england, and he was, at university, a student conservative activist. chris bryant, welcome to political thinking. you ve now made me seem very odd already! in the words of stephen sondheim, i ve went from careered to career. i ve made you interesting rather than odd! orweird. we are going to explore the interesting and the weird, perhaps. we are going to examine happy and sad. let s start with that speech. i,