Of their policies. Despite all their promises, that is exactly what this queens speech shows. On the nhs in england, there was a committment that extra funding would be enshrined in law. And theres increased spending on thousands of schools in england. And promises of safer streets, with more Police Officers and tougher action against the most dangerous criminals. The debate on the speech has already started, well be taking a closer look at the range of measures being proposed and asking how realistic they are, so stay with us on bbc news at 5. Its 5pm, were live at westminster, where the queen has opened a new session of parliament, for the second time in the space of two months. But this time, there was less pageantry and far more politics, following the conservative victory in last weeks election. Some 30 bills were announced in the speech, billed as an Ambitious Programme of domestic reform, as well as delivering brexit. Indeed, the brexit legislation took centre stage, with the co
Against the syrian kurds. Racism on campus universities are told by the equality and Human Rights Commission theyve done too little to tackle it. Singing the blues a late winner for chelsea at ajax in the Champions League. And coming up. Have traditional computers had their chips . Google claim their quantum computer can now perform tasks at a fraction of the speed of its conventional counterparts. Well find out more later this hour. Good evening. 39 people have been found dead in the back of a lorry in essex. Its not known who they are or where they came from. One was a teenager. The lorry driver, whos 25, from Northern Ireland and named locally as mo robinson, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The victims were discovered at 1 40 this morning. The police say identifying them is their number one priority but its expected to be a lengthy process. The trailer was registered in bulgaria two years ago. Police say they believe it travelled from zeebrugge in belgium into purfleet in
Respond . Christys. Gb respond . Patrick christys. Gb news. All right, email me gbviews gbnews. Com. Do you think we have a responsibility to take palestinian or gazan refugees . Palestinian or gazan refugees . And also, how do you feel about an increased threat . Islamist an increased threat . Islamist threats in europe after whats been happening in israel . Threats in europe after whats been happening in israel . Gb views gbnews. Com. But right now izzy headlines. Izzy headlines. Good afternoon. Its 3 01. Your top stories from the newsroom at least seven british nationals have been killed and nine are missing since hamass attack on israel. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister has now confirmed earlier the gaza and israel crisis dominated pmqs. Both rishi sunak and sir keir starmer struck a similar tone, condemning the actions of hamas whilst reaffirming israels right to defend itself. Whilst reaffirming israels right to defend itself. In whilst reaffirming israels right to defend it
seen that widely across the uk for quite awhile. any snow should clear away quickly and we robertjenrick was a close friend and ally of rishi sunak s even he doesn t believe this new emergency legislation will work. we ll talk to a former conservative attorney general, labour s chair of the home affairs select committee, and a former conservative mep. also tonight. sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering. an apology from boris johnson to relatives of those who died during the pandemic. at the covid inquiry he admitted both he and the scientists underestimated how fast covid was spreading. we should have twigged, we should collectively have twigged much sooner. we ll speak to michael rosen, who spent 42 days in a coma with covid, and was outside the inquiry this morning along with other protestors. also us funding for ukraine is on the brink of collapse. what will that mean for president zelensky and president putin? hello. the emergency bill published by the gov
They would not underfund social care. This is a government that recognises the priorities of its people, ensuring the nhs remains a World Class Health care system indeed, the best Health Care System in the world. Theres fury over reports of hostesses being groped and harassed at an all male charity fund raiser. Organisers chose to make this a men only event and chose to treat the hostess like this, and to parade them around and wear skimpy outfits and specify the colour of their underwear. And mps wonder how conditions at liverpooljail, reported the worst in england, got so bad. But first ahead of a Cabinet Meeting on tuesday, it was widely reported that the foreign secretary, borisjohnson would pitch for a £100 million a week brexit dividend for englands nhs. Although in the end its thought he didnt mention a specific figure he was apparently backed by some colleagues and the principle that the nhs would get some of the money which will become available after the uk leaves in march 2