What all the financial and psychological costs of the coronavirus on damage to the sporting world the olympics is the latest major event to be postponed or canceled what will be the impact on athletes found on businesses this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. 3 a limpid games have been cancelled in the past because of the 2 world wars but this year is the 1st time the event has ever been postponed their coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to hold the olympics and paralympics in tokyo this summer australia and canada said they wouldnt send teams to japan because of the risk to health some qualifying events have already been cancelled and Global Travel bans made it nearly impossible for athletes and fans to plan flights the games organizers promise the worlds biggest sporting event will take place before summer next year as a symbol of triumph over the virus the delay will cost the japanese government businesses and sponsors billions of dollars and that the. Less i t
A crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. What are the financial and psychological costs of the coronavirus to the sporting world the olympics is the latest major event to be disposed of. What will be the impact on athletes families and businesses this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program burnitz 3 a limpid games have been canceled in the past because of the 2 world wars but this year is the 1st time the event has ever been postponed coronavirus pandemic made it impossible to hold the olympics and paralympics in tokyo. Australian calibur said they wouldnt send teams to japan because of the risk to health some qualifying events have already been cancelled and Global Travel bans made it nearly impossible for athletes and fans to plan flights the games organizers promise the worlds biggest sporting event will take place before summer next year as a symbol of triumph over the virus the delay will cost the japanese government businesses and sponsors b
In other news, the government unveils plans to boost britains productivity, as the uks biotech industry, gets £1 billion boost from abroad. Police say the five victims of a fatal car crash in leeds at the weekend were all in the vehicle when it hit a tree. And more than 100,000 people are ordered to leave their homes on the indonesian island of bali, after warnings mount agung volcano, could erupt at any time. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Prince harry and his girlfriend the american actress Meghan Markle are to get married. The couple were engaged in secret earlier this month, announced it to the world today and say their wedding will take place in the spring. The couple revealed how they had been cooking Roast Chicken at home when harry got down on one knee to propose. She said she had had no hesitation in saying yes. Harry said the stars had aligned, to bring them together. Among well wishers around the world, the queen and the duke of edinburgh say they are delighted and P
In a moment the news where you are, but well leave you with some of todays scenes at Kensington Palace. Have a good night. When i walked into that room and saw her and there she was sitting there, iwas like, 0k, well, im going to have to up my game here just an amazing surprise. It was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee. Have you heard, there is breaking news out of london this morning. Drum roll, please. Prince harry and american Meghan Markle are engaged to be married. Its fantastic. 0h, lovely marvellous. My mom just texted me about it so we wanted to come and see. Its really cool. I think its great. Another Royal Wedding, something to look forward to in times of trouble. Were thrilled, thank you very much, for both of them. I hope theyll be very happy indeed. All the stars were aligned. Everything was just perfect, it was this beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life, i fell into her life. Whatever we have to tackle together, it w