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the prime minister has confirmed that the next step in england s road map out of lockdown will go ahead as planned. from next monday, nonessential shops, hairdressers and gyms can reopen. pubs and restaurants can serve customers so long as they re outdoors. borisjohnson said that he was hopeful that foreign travel could resume next month as planned in the original road map. but he insisted that no decision had yet been taken and that the uk did not want to see the virus reimported to the uk from abroad. ministers have also confirmed they will make rapid coronavirus tests available to everyone in england. from friday, people will be able to take two lateral flow tests a week and receive results within half an hour. but the prime minister warned that social distancing measures would remain in place. our political correspondent, iain watson, has all the details. it s been a long road out of lockdown, but now, if you live in england, you may well be working out what to do t ....
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than 400 pilot whales one of the largest mass strandings ever seen in the country. and coming up in sport a look ahead to the second weekend of six nations fixtures. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a £34 million government investigation into allegations of abuse by iraq war veterans is to be shut down. it follows a report by mps which called the work of the iraq historic allegations team an unmitigated failure. thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. around 90% of misconduct cases involving british troops who served in afghanistan are also being dropped. caroline hawley has more. it is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq and the legacy of the war is still causing controversy. in the aftermath of the occupation thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. and a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. the human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but las ....
comfortably beating newport gewnt dragons 45 17. fourth placed glasgow lost to scarlets. second placed ospreys were comfortable winners over bottom of the table zebre. ulster beat edinburgh. well, the rugby continues this weekend with round two of the six nations. wales welcome england to cardiff, whilst scotland are in paris to take on france, a place they haven t won since 1999. let s get some team news, beginning our round up in rome where ireland face italy in the first match of the weekend. it was a captain ‘s run with a difference this afternoon for ireland, as no captain was attendance at the stadium. rory best to so often leaves from the front was back in his hotel room nursing a stomach bug he picked up overnight. the irish camp are confident that the 34 year old hooker will be fit and ready to go against italy tomorrow. there are always things that crop up in the course of a week. i think how we react and respond to it will hopefully allow us respond to it ....
coming up tonight: bristol wing tom varndell breaks the all time premiership try scoring record. it s round two of rugby union s six nations we ll have the latest from all of the home nations. confusion at rangers as manager mark warburton denies he s resigned. and stripped of gold from london 2012 the russian athlete banned for doping. hello and welcome. big news out of ibrox tonight and a look ahead to this weekend s six nations to come. but before that history was made in the aviva premiership tonight as bristol winger tom varndell broke the all time try scoring record. he surpasses mark cueto‘s tally of 90 tries to stand alone on 91, after crossing over against harlequins tonight. patrick gearey reports. tom varndell has plunged into rugby history, try 91 against harlequins was breaking the premiership record. whether at bristol or leicester and wasps, he turned it pace into points over his career. he told me recently about his love of crossing the line. i l ....