with us to accelerate that. secondly, we believe that driving should be recognised as a skilled shortage and therefore open up temporary visas for the industry to be able to bring european drivers back into the country. the government says the industry needs to find the solutions to this, which means better working conditions, better pay. what are you doing? i would absolutely agree with that and arla, through our third party hauliers who do our distribution for us, has significantly increased pay. in fact, this week we have announced a 2,000 signing on bonus for the drivers tojoin and work on weekends. and we ve introduced an academy to make sure that we re growing the home talent, because what we really want in the long term is for british young people to come into the industry as well. how serious is this? well, i think when you re not able to supply 10% of the stores that would be expecting to get milk every day, i think that s quite worrying for a customer walking into a
greater manchester, on thursday. a night time curfew has come into force across almost all of afghanistan in an attempt to stop taliban infiltration into urban areas. the government said no one is allowed to move around between ten at night and four in the morning. army explosives experts have safely detonated a second world war bomb which was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. part of the m62 had to be shut near goole for a controlled explosion to be carried out. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips, and nigel nelson, who s the political editor at the sunday mirror and sunday poeple. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the observer has been hearing from bosses within the uk food industry who say government measures to prevent staff from isolating have been so badly mishandled, they ve made the crisis worse. the sunday people focuses on
quarantine on return from and the list countries. back in business, hard hit firms hope the end of restrictions will lead to recovery although they now face stuff having to self isolate. we will find out shortly whether the government will aim to vaccinate children. and which young people it would prioritise as parliament is updated on that in the next few minutes. not everyone is celebrating today. we speak to people who are immunosuppressed. about how they view what some are calling freedom day. good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special. we ll bring you the latest news briefing at 5 o clock led by borisjohnson, who is in isolation. the majority of legal covid restrictions have been lifted in england, including an end to social distancing rules. there are now no limits on how many people can meet and face coverings are no longer required by law. in scotland, the rules are also changing, with looser limits on indoor gatherings, but masks will remain compulsory in sh
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the writer and broadcaster lucy beresford and the property and personal finance commentator anne ashworth. hello to you both. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. as health secretary sajid javid tests positive for covid, the observer highlights the plea from top scientists not to let the virus rip as england prepares to lift all remaining lockdown restrictions on monday. with that in mind, the mirror leads on calls by a scientists for monday to be dubbed free dumb day . the health secretary s positive covid test is also the lead for the express, with the paper carrying warnings from business leaders that they expect staffing chaos to continue as workers continue to be pinged by the nhs test and trace app. the mail speculates on the number of senior cabinet members who might have to self isolate as a result of sajid javid s positive test. it s emerged that the health secretar