that the government has decided that all we can afford is the 1%. new figures show the number of people with coronavirus fell by about a third last week across the uk. the mystery person who tested positive for the brazil variant of concern in the uk has been found following a nationwide hunt. from monday, passengers travelling internationally from england will need to carry a new form setting out that their trip is permitted under current restrictions. cyprus says any britons who ve had both doses of a vaccine can travel there without quarantine, from may 1st, even though foreign holidays will still be illegal. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in half an hour, we ll bring you the latest coronavirus briefing from the government, led today by the health secretary matt hancock. first, today s main news. unions are calling it a kick in the teeth nhs staff in england have reacted angrily to the government proposal of a 1% pay rise. ministers say it s what s affordable
that have put restrictions in place on medication, abortion itself. but if the supreme court rules with the appeals court, which essentially has rolled back some of the accessibility of mifepristone. all of those states would be subject to the restrictions on access says to this medication, some of the challenges here are around the safety of the medicine and whether the fda acted appropriately scholars and experts in the pharmaceutical industry point out the safety of this medicine has been proven over the decades since it s been on the market. they say the risk of serious complications is about 0.3% using these medicines, sarah well, in just a few hours we are going to be paying attention to what the justices do as they consider whether to limit access to mifepristone. thank you so much. meg tirrell. appreciate it. a new our cnn news central starts now these cnn s breaking new. all right, the major breaking news this morning the entire bridge is in the wall what are you