jasmin harrison rowed from the canary islands to antigua injust over 70 days. good evening and welcome to bbc news. care home residents in england will be allowed to choose one person to visit them regularly from march the 8th, in the first confirmed easing of lockdown. they ll be able to meet indoors and be allowed to hold hands but visitors must wear personal protection equipment and be tested before entering the home. the announcement comes ahead of the prime minister, revealing his road map for easing lockdown, on monday. our health correspondent, anna collinson has more. a moment of relief during a dark year for 83 year old barbara abrams. this is the closest her family have been allowed to get to her while visiting her care home in stockport because of covid restrictions. that lack of physical contact has been really difficult for us. my poor mum. her health both physically and mentally has really deteriorated, particularly in the last. since christmas. i think that was
injust over 70 days. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. emergency medical workers in myanmar say at least two people have been killed and several others injured at an anti coup protest in the city of mandalay. witnesses said police used live ammunition as they tried to disperse the crowd in myanmar s second city. it s an escalation in the military s response to the daily demonstrations across myanmar. they began when the burmese army seized power on the 1st of february and detained the elected leader aung san suu kyi. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports. the military has promised patience with those protesting against its coup, but there was little sign of it here in mandalay. the police had gone in to disperse striking ship workers and moved quickly from using tear gas and rubber bullets to live rounds. gunfire. the shooting was caught on camera by this terrified bystander. please don t shoot, don t let it happen, she s
unrest on the streets of barcelona, as thousands of people protest for a fifth night against the jailing of a rapper for controversial tweets. and it s finally bloomed a rare cactus from the amazon rainforest has flowered for the first time in the uk as thousands watched online. a united airlines passengerjet has scattered debris over a residential area near denver in colorado after one of its engines failed on take off. the boeing 777 was able to return safely and land. no injuries have been reported. these passengers describe their emotions in those uncertain moments when it first became clear that the plane s engine had begun to fail. the pilot came on with the typical keep your. sorry i can t think of the word. .. keep your seatbelt fastened because of turbulence , which is usual when you go over the rockies and then literally not more than a few seconds afterwards you heard a boom!’ and i was wondering if it was planned because it came so soon after his announceme
it s been an exceptionally mild saturday for many of us, but for some an exceptionally wet saturday as well. parts of wales, western and north western england, and scotland, there are flood warnings in force. the rain falling is now beginning to ease off and will continue to do so through tonight. brisk winds becoming confined to the north west of scotland, and temperatures between 6 11 degrees. a very mild night in the south east. tomorrow, this band of cloud and patchy rain will be across parts of england, drifting west into eastern and southern wales. northern england should stay bright and mostly dry. northern ireland and scotland seeing a mixture of sunshine and showers, with top temperatures of between 11 and 15 celsius. a little cooler for some on monday, but only a little. on tuesday, some heavy rain will push back into the north west with the risk of some further flooding. hello, this is bbc news the headlines. care home residents in england will be allowed to have