to the people of northern ireland marking the country s centenary and praising the continued peace as a credit to its people, upon whose shoulders the future rests . hello, a very good afternoon to you. if you have justjoined hello, a very good afternoon to you. if you havejustjoined us, you re very welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has said that social distancing the advice to stay at least a metre away from others stands a good chance of being scrapped onjune 21st in england. that s the date when the remaining legal rules on social contact are due to end, and when it s hoped that the last closed sectors of the economy will open. borisjohnson also said today that while some foreign travel may resume after may 17 we have got to be sensible . i m joined now by our politicial correspondentjonathan blake. a lot of this had been trailed in newspapers over the weekend, we are in a local election period, good years, positive news from the government s point of view,
it follows protests at old trafford yesterday over the club s attempt to join the new competition. and coming up new research on whic and coming up, the new research on which bottle of wine is yesterday the foreign secretary said that there would be some safeguards that would be necessary beyond that, perhaps social distancing, perhaps the use of masks. the government is reviewing all these documents. but today, borisjohnson out on the campaign trail for the hartlepool by election, sounded pretty optimistic. it also looks to me as though june 21st we will be able to say, you know, social distancing as we currently had to do it, the one metre plus, ithink we ve got a good chance, a good chance of being able to dispense with the one metre plus. from the 21st ofjune. now, that is still dependent on the data. we can t state it categorically yet. we ve got to look at the epidemiology as we progress. where we get to with the disease, but that s what it feels like to me right now.
trees during storm malik. in the us a fierce snowstorm hits the northeast of the us bringing high winds and flooding in some areas. the australian open men s tennis final is under way, with rafael nadal hoping to win an unprecedented 21st grand slam title. we can catch up with all the latest sport withjohn. we can catch up with all the latest sport with john. hello. many sport withjohn. hello. many thanks indeed. that is where we are going to begin, in milburn, melbourne where rafa nadal is bidding to win a record 21st grand slam title. taking on the world number two and reigning us open champion danill medvedev. and already nadal is battling hard to stay in the match. this was one of the best points in melbourne so far. nadal taking that one to hold serve, however it s medvedev who got the first break and he s just followed that up with the first too. the russian convincingly taking it 6 2. despite producing some good stuff so far, nadal is up against it in that openi
but adidas had said it was too similar to its famous three stripe mark which has featured on its products for more than 70 years. adidas has declined to make any further comment on its about turn. let s bring in our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. adidas have buckled under some sort of pressure. any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and it any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and it has any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and it has enjoyed - any idea why? this is a logo we are familiar with and it has enjoyed a i familiar with and it has enjoyed a resurgence within trainers and now here we are a couple of days after they opposed a new trademark application from black lives matter, they have reversed course on their objection, the company did not give a reason, but apparently a source told reuters that adi
kate forbes who lost out to humza yousaf in the race to be scotland s first minister quits the scottish government. no let up hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of france again as protests at president macron s pension reforms continue into a second week. back at the high court for a second day prince harry accuses the publisher of the mail newspapers of criminality in his privacy case. can he pick out the killer pass? and scotland pull off an incredible victory over spain in their euro qualifier. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: we ll have the best of the action from tonight s euro 2024 qualifying, as scotland go head to head with continental heavyweights spain, while wales take on latvia. good evening. police in the united states who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker legally purchased seven guns and hid them at the family house. audrey hale, a 28 year old former pupil, shot six people d