She holds tons of records. To she is a national hero. She is inspirational figure. At Amelia Earhart. She sets off in 1937 to become f the first woman to fly all the way around the world, and it wo does not work. Her flight disappears over the south pacific. She is never found, 1937. Fast forward 75 years. 2012. So in 2012, there is going to be on the 75th Anniversary of her effort to fly around the world whereupon she disappeared, 75th Anniversary there is going to be a new excursion to try to find s the wreckage of her plane, to ge try to figure out what happened to her. And Eccentric Gazillionaire writes to the expedition, writes to the guy who is leading this expedition to go look for Amelia Earhart. And the Gazillionaire Guy says i effectively, hey, weve never met, you dont know anything d about me, but i really want to come along on this mission of yours. And ill give you A Million Dollars if you take me. So the guy leading this expedition is well, i dont know, but we really shou
A trend for rates across most of the uk is falling as nearly 89 of adults in the country have had their first vaccine jab. And coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. The Cyclist Laura Kenny has become britains most successful female olympic athlete, after she and her team mate, Katie Archibald, won the Womens Madison Event in the velodrome, at the tokyo olympics. They dominated the 120 Lap Race winning ten of the 12 sprints. Kenny has now taken gold in three consecutive olympic games. Our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, now reports on a historic achievement. Two special athletes who complemented each other beautifully. When nine years of brilliance culminates in one record breaking moment. Joy for Katie Archibald, history for Laura Kenny the first british woman to win gold at three successive olympics. The madison was a new olympic event for women, r
MInIster, Gordon Brown, among those makIng the case. We are here In EdInburgh Today askIng whether both sIdes are ready for another referendum and gaugIng the mood of the people. Dozens of people have been Injured In fresh clashes between IsraelI polIce and palestInIans Injerusalem, ahead of a Planned JewIsh NatIonalIst march. A Cyber Attack has shut down the largest Fuel PIpelIne In the us. Fuel prIces are on the rIse after the colonIal pIpelIne was completely knocked offlIne. A whale stranded In the RIver Thames has escaped from rescuers as they trIed to take It to safety. And comIng up thIs hour. We hear why 5 lIve wants to start the bIggest conversatIon about adult good mornIng. The Labour Leader, sIr KeIr Starmer, has completed a Re Shuffle of hIs Shadow CabInet team, In response to dIsappoIntIng ElectIon Results across england last week. Lets take a look at some of the changes that have been made. Angela rayner, the deputy leader, was sacked from her role as Party ChaIr on saturd
plus, linkedout! microsoft pulls the plug on the business social network in china, the last major western platform still operating there. we start with our top story this hour, those changes to travel rules here in the uk. as you ve been hearing, from sunday 24th of october, travellers returning to england will be able to take a lateral flow test instead of more expensive pcr tests. the government says the changes will take effect in time forfamilies returning from half term breaks. under the existing system, pcr tests can be around £75 per person, a cost the travel industry says is putting people off taking trips. let s get some reaction from travel industry consultant paul charlesyou. good to see you. what are your thoughts on all of this? it is not like you can just take up one of the lateral flow tests you might have kicking around at home because it is something your doctor gave you or something from school. they still have to be from a registered supplier, and it will
but he fired in a maximum 147 break only the 12th in crucible history. good morning, a chilly start with frost around. also some fog to watch out for but for many, dry with sunshine, except in parts of scotland and north east england, where we have some rain. all the details throughout the programme. it s tuesday the 26th of april. the un secretary general antonio guterres will meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow today, in the hope of brokering a peace deal. his visit comes as russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, suggested there s a danger of the conflict in ukraine leading to a new world war. andrew plant has the latest. sheltering in a basement as the fighting above them intensifies in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. the un estimates almost 5000 civilians have already died in this conflict, 11 million people have been displaced. now running low on supplies here, this woman venturing out to find food. translation: everybody is scared. now we