Manchester united are in the europa league final. Ole gunnar solskjaer is aiming for his first trophy as the club s manager. Villarreal stand in their way. It s the school charity concert with a showbiz twist music legends send in video messages introducing their greatest hits. Mickjagger here. I d like to wish everyone at hutchesons all the best for your concert. Hope you enjoy the music. Good morning. Still some rain in the forecast. But the weather will settle down in the next few days. It will turn warmer and drier with more sunshine. Details later. Good morning. It s wednesday, 26th may. The prime minister 5 former advisor, dominic cummings, is appearing in front of mps today, to answer questions about the government s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He is expected to criticise the actions taken, particularly around the decision not to toughen up restrictions last autumn. But mps are likely to question his own choice to travel to barnard castle in the spring. Here 5 our p
to book their covid 19jabs before a predicted dip in supplies. a year later than planned the torch relay for the delayed tokyo olympics finally gets under way injapan. iam i am richard cottingham. i d like to be called richie. finding his voice the audition to give richie the sound he always wanted. and coming up on bbc news: england get their world cup qualifying underway later against the world s lowest ranked nation but tougher ties await for northern ireland and scotland. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. pub operators and landlords have said they are concerned about the possibility of customers in england having to prove they ve been vaccinated against coronavirus in order to enter hospitality venues. a review is looking into the measure as the lockdown is eased. yesterday the prime minister said the decision could be left to individual landlords but industry leaders say the plan is fraught with difficulty . speaking this morning, mrjohnson
hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says it s enduring heavy russian shelling in the city of lysychansk as the battle for the east of the country intensifies. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, part of the industrial donbas region that russia is focussing its military power on. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies russian claims that the city has been encircled. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other british men were sentenced to death last month. joe inwood reports. andrew hill travelled to ukraine to help fight the russian invasion. dylan healy went there to help evacuate civilians. both men now face being tried as mercenaries in an unrecognised separatist court. they would not be the first to appear there. last month, aiden aslin, shau
heart and a passion to see abortion overturned in this country, to make abortion history. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. this is bbc news. we start with some breaking news in the battle for city of lysychansk in eastern ukraine, part of the industrial donbas region that russia says focussing its military power on. lysychansk was the last ukrainian held city in luhansk. but now, russian defence ministry says russian ministry says russian and separatists forces have full control of the city. so russia is now claiming control over the entire luhansk region. there are reports of fighters in the city centre. and in another development, this time in russia, about 35 kilometres from the border with ukraine, an official in the belgorod says at least three people have been killed as a result of blasts there. the local governor said that explosions had partially destroyed 11 apartment buildings and at least 39 houses, and that the cause was being i
in an ill tempered match. we ll have more on the fallout. we ll be finding out about the kielder forest ospreys who ve become a prolific pair of breeders. a few showers around today, but more of you will spend the day dry and a bit warmer than yesterday. we ve got details on but had a look at what is coming up this week on breakfast. on that and a look. it s sunday july 3rd. our main story: holidaymakers are being told to expect more flight cancellations over the next few days as airlines struggle to cope with passenger numbers after the pandemic. flight operators want to make use of a measure which allows them to axe flights from their summer schedule before friday without being penalised. azadeh moshiri has more on this. it is scenes like this that airlines and the government wants to avoid. but after months of travel chaos, which included the easter and jubilee holidays, passengers now face more disruptions in the days ahead. ~ . face more disruptions in the days ahea