These are flying ants being picked up these are flying ants being picked up on the radar. There is a lot going on out there. As i mentioned, not a lot of sunshine. Count yourself lucky if you have more than blue in the sky. A scattering of down pours, that will be slow moving, particularly in eastern parts this afternoon and into this evening. We could see a bit of rain, but theyre very hit and miss. Warm, humid feel, especially if you see some sunshine. Some Rain Pushing into cornwall, Devon And Pembrokeshire and some will be heavier tonight. Elsewhere the down pours will start to ease. We will keep a lot of cloud into tonight and it is going to be muggy out there. Misty in places too. The weekend picture, one spell of rain in southern England Clearing on saturday. Another System Bearing down on us from the west on sunday. In between the two, you may see some sunshine. Saturday and the wet start in southern england, that Rain Pushing across the South East to East Anglia before clearin
KIllIng at least 29 People. MInIsters extend the perIod In whIch legal actIon can be taken agaInst HousIng Developers In lIght of the claddIng crIsIs. Greece, Italy and Israel send planes to cyprus to take a fatal wIldfIre on Its south coast. And comIng up, we look back at the last seven days In westmInster In the week In parlIament. Good afternoon. The government Is gIvIng strong sIgnals that all legal restrIctIons around CovId ProtectIon wIll end on the 19thjuly as we learn to lIve wIth the vIrus. The HousIng Secretary RobertjenrIck saId thIs mornIng that the publIc must start to exercIse personal responsIbIlIty, IncludIng overfacemasks, rather than the government tellIng People what to do. Our polItIcal correspondent, nIck eardley, has the detaIls. Masks and socIal dIstancIng have become part of our lIves. But for how much longer . WIth shops open agaIn, pubs servIng pInts, the government wants to go further, lIftIng all legal restrIctIons In england. ThIs mornIng, mInIsters suggest
Newswatch direct, too. And i will be speaking to two of those viewers in a moment. We also wanted to discuss the coverage with someone from bbc television, scheduling or news, but No One was available. Instead, we were pointed towards the statement they put out last week. We decided to wait until after the funeral to have this discussion on newswatch. So, lets talk now to Fiona Gill and barbara norris. Thank you both for coming on newswatch. Barbara, first, why did you complain . I complained because i thought the coverage was absolutely excessive and not really on the grounds of schedule changes. I know some viewers were upset by that, but i complained because of two things. Firstly, i am a great supporter of the monarchy, i think they provide Stability And Leadership in times that are good and bad. However, i am also conscious that a lot of people are not avid supporters of the monarchy and some people are just indifferent. And i think as we consider we are the future of the monarchy
the coverage was absolutely excessive and not really on the grounds of schedule changes. i know some viewers were upset by that, but i complained because of two things. firstly, i am a great supporter of the monarchy. i think they provide stability and leadership in times that are good and bad. however, i am also conscious that a lot of people are not avid supporters of the monarchy and some people are just indifferent. and i think as we consider where the future of the monarchy lies, the annoyance that is swamping all your radio and tv channels give to people, i think it undermines the feelings towards the monarchy, and that can only be a bad thing. and you also had a concern about people being more reliant on tv during covid, didn t you? yes, absolutely. i think the situation might have been different had we not been in the middle of a covid pandemic but also at that time, we were in total lockdown. and for a lot of elderly people, people who are isolated or in other ways t
their business just won t make it. let me know on instagram, twitter or send us an e mail. also this hour, dr alex george former love island contestant, and now a government ambassador for youth mental health. we ll be talking about the importance of taking care of our mental health, especially in lockdown. airlines and holiday companies say they ve seen a surge in bookings in the past 2a hours, despite the prime minister insisting a foreign travel ban will remain in place until at least mid may. the rate of unemployment in the uk rises to its highest level in almost five years; we ll be hearing this morning about the struggles for some to find work in the hard hit area of blackpool. facebook is to restore news feeds in australia after the government agreed to amend legislation forcing social media companies to pay for news content. and new views of the martian landscape nasa releases videos of its perserverance rover landing on the surface of mars. the prime minister has