of covid on businesses. hello, welcome to bbc news. buckingham palace has announced the queen will not travel to glasgow next week for the cop26 climate change summit. the decision comes after the 95 year old was advised by doctors to rest after medical checks in hospital last week. our correspondent helena wilkinsonjoins me. the queen says that she is disappointed but she is following doctor s orders, helena.- doctor s orders, helena. that s ri . ht. doctor s orders, helena. that s right. doctor s orders, helena. that s riuht. we doctor s orders, helena. that s right. doctor s orders, helena. that s riuht. we had doctor s orders, helena. that s right. doctor s orders, helena. that s riuht. we had that doctor s orders, helena. that s right. doctor s orders, helena. that s riuht. we had that statement doctor s orders, helena. that s right. doctor s orders, helena. that s riuht. we had that statement from right. we had that statement from buckingham palace in the last couple of
and we also have kate nicholls with us. she is chief executive of uk hospitality. many of uk hospitality. thanks to all of you for joining many thanks to all of you for joining us this evening. lots to get through. let s start with you, kate, if we can and maybe you can give us a sense of what the pandemic has been like for you and your business. well, the hospitality sector pre pandemic was the third largest industrial sector in the economy. it employed 3.2 million people, a further 2 million in the supply chain, £130 billion worth of turnover which meant it was bigger than automotive, pharmaceuticals and aerospace put together, and during the 18 months of the pandemic, that business almost entirely closed subject to really severe restrictions, operating at a loss. it is now one third of the size it was going into the pandemic and has lost over £100 billion worth of revenue. sadly, 12,000 businesses close, 10% of our restaurants, 20% of our nightclubs and casual dining cit
south and as you can see from the blue triangles, it is a cold front and that means the air behind the front is going to be turning colder and you can see the blue colour is easing into the picture for friday so it s going to be a chilly feeling day but by this stage, more of us should get to see some sunshine. a reminder of our top story. one of the uk s worst ever public health failures. a report by mps say thousands died because too little was done at the start of the pandemic. that s all from the bbc news at six. so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday on a night when three of the home nations are in action in the world cup qualifiers, i mjane dougall. the fans have followed all the way to the faroe islands it s a vital match for scotland in their bid to automatically qualify for the world cup. that s already pretty likely for england. just hours until southgate s side take on hungary but
going to be able to turn things around straightaway, but we will get to work on all of that. and hollywood s biggest night kicks off later with all eyes on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins at the oscars. the budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the shadow chancellor with a major headache. jeremy hunt cut national insurance by 2p for the second time in six months, as well as adopting two of labour s policies, which it planned to use to fund breakfast clubs in schools and extra nhs appointments, if the party wins the next election. earlier, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves spoke to the bbc s laura kuennsberg and started by talking about how they plan to raise money now. we are committed to the extension of working rights, including banning the national welfare and is a key component of our growth plans, and britain has never had one before. the idea is to live it in private sector investment alongside a government endowment to
hello, you will live with bbc news. i am anna foster injerusalem. a us military ship has set off for gaza, carrying equipment to build a temporary floating port for desperately needed aid deliveries. the us military confirmed that that ship left late on saturday from a military base in virginia on its way to the middle east. the un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a million people, are currently facing famine, which is why this new way of potentially getting aid in is so important. and in the meantime, there is a separate aid ship with around 200 tonnes of food on board which is still waiting to set sail from cyprus, waiting to be given the green light to head towards gaza. that is part of a new maritime aid corridor that the eu announced just in the last few days and said that they were optimistic that it would become operational for the first time this weekend. and of course, all of this comes as the us presidentjoe biden gave a new