british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been jailed for 20 years by a new york court for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. also, with petrol and diesel prices near record highs, pressure is growing on retailers and the government to step in. i ll be finding out the impact on people who rely on their vehicle for work. good morning, defeat for serena williams on her wimbledon return. when the covers come off later, we will see emma raducanu and andy murray back in action. good morning, we have rain pushing eastwards that will clear the east in the next couple of hours. behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery but less windy today than yesterday. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 29th ofjune. our main story. the cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster, dame deborahjames, also known as bowel babe, has died aged 40. she had been receiving end of life care for bowel cancer at home. the host of the bbc s you, me and
dame deborahjames, who has died aged a0 after receiving end of life care for bowel cancer. she challenged taboos and change the conversation around bowel cancer. a 29 year old man has been charged with murdering zara aleena in england s capital, london, as she walked home from a night out in the early hours of sunday morning. a former white house aide gives damning testimony about donald trump s actions during the storming of the us capitol building last year, saying he knew people in the crowd were armed but he didn t care. ghislaine maxwell is jailed for 20 years in a us prison for recruiting and trafficking teenage girls for her then boyfriend jeffrey epstein. and a bbc investigation finds the number of holiday lets in england has risen by 40% in the past three years, with concerns some residents are being pushed out of areas as a result. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start with the nato summit in madrid, where president biden has a
bollywood actor irrfan khan, who starred in slumdog millionaire and life of pi, has died at the age of 53. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m victoria derbyshire. the coronavirus testing programme is being expanded by the government. it will include all care home staff and residents, and anyone over 65. the government says the 100,000 target set by the health secretary is due to be met by tomorrow. downing street is this morning still declining to say whether boris johnson will appear at prime minister s questions in the commons this lunchtime following his return to work. a recession on an extraordinary scale is predicted by spain s prime minister following the outbreak. over 58,000 us citizens have now died from covid 19. that s more than the number of americans killed in the vietnam war. almost 18,000 more people could die from cancer over the next year in england because of the impact of covid 19, according to researchers. we ll have more on all those stories sho
fall in patient referrals how lockdown could sound the death knoll of thousands of high street shops with independent, family run businesses hardest hit. this is bbc news and tributes are paid i‘m reeta chakrabarti. to the bollywood actor irrfan khan, the headlines at 4.30: the prime minister is back who starred in slumdog millionaire and life of pi, at work in number 10, who has died at the age of 53. after he and his fiancee carrie symonds announced the birth of their son this morning. he‘ll take a short paternity leave later in the year. millions more people in england are eligible for covid 19 testing, after the government loosens rules on who can apply. more than half of scotland‘s coronavirus deaths are now happening in care homes, new figures show. and the us economy shrinks by nearly 5% the biggest drop since as news on the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate, an announcement this morning the 2008 financial crisis. from downing street that caught everyo
and in sport, a leading health advisor warns football is getting it wrong by trying to restart the premier league amid the global pandemic. and in whether there will be some more wet weather around in fact through today but a little bit of sunshine, too. i ll have yourfull forecast right here on breakfast. it s wednesday, april 29. our top story: millions more of us will be able to book a test for coronavirus from today. all over 65s and anyone who needs to leave home to go to work will be eligible if they have symptoms of covid 19. other members of their household who fall ill can also apply online. care home residents and staff in england are also being offered tests whether or not they have signs of the virus. dan johnson reports. saint cecilia s nursing home in scarborough, locked down early. but gci’oss scarborough, locked down early. but across the three homes in the group, they still saw 11 deaths, four definitely linked to coronavirus. each number means a parent, a