and now britain obviously is a high incidence area will be able to travel again without having to go into quarantine. good evening. the labour leader, sir keir starmer has declared that labour is back after the party held on at the batley and spen by election in west yorkshire. but their victory was narrow. kim leadbeater, the sister of the murdered mpjo cox, held the seat with a majority of just 323 votes over the conservatives. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. it was no easy path to today s moment of celebration. but the cheers soon replaced doubt about labour s chances, the relief obvious. a loss here would have left the labour leader vulnerable, but this victory, even narrow, will quieten the critics for now. my message is, when the labour party sticks to its core values, is rooted in its communities and pulls together, we can win, just as we won here. this is the start, labour is back. for many, though, the credit lies with the candidate, the sister of
india is added to the uk s red list. most travel from the country will be banned from friday, because of fears over a new variant of coronavirus. good morning. the biggest drop in car insurance costs in half a decade. motorists are paying £87 less a year i ll find out how long the savings might last. good morning from odds farm park, which is in buckinghamshire. we are going to meet some plans and chat to the kids later but it is a chilly start wherever you are this morning. many having a dry day with sunshine but there is some rain in northern ireland and scotland. all the details in ten minutes. good morning. it s tuesday, 20th april. our top story. boris johnson will meet football fans and officials today, as the backlash over plans for a new super league intensifies. the prime minister stepped in after supporters, pundits and playersjoined growing calls to stop the breakaway competition. the premier league s so called big six have signed up for the league, and 14 more
most, plenty of sunshine, seven or eight degrees in the west, three or four on that north sea coast and the coldest spotteds with the wind chile chill, overnight cloud filters in to northern and western scotland, northern ireland and with this you will avoid a frost, elsewhere, a frost and a harder one than last night. minus six in central and southern parts of england. minus five in the cardiff area so a cold ferocity start to day. tomorrow you are likely to see the sunshine through the day, a brighter day in eastern england. cloudierfor eastern england. cloudier for western eastern england. cloudierfor western scot, northern ireland and cloud feeding into north west england and wales as the day goes on and temperatures maybe a degree or so higher. noticeably on the north sea coast. with more cloud filler in from the west it means tomorrow night, the frost isn t going to be as widespread, or as severe, still some patches of it through central, southern and eastern england. n
as an influential tory mp predicts borisjohnson will probably be forced out of office. this is appalling and the public are rightly furious so at the moment it looks like checkmate but whether he can save himself we will see. also today facemasks are no longer required in schools and workers can return to the office as covid restrictions in england are eased. easing of restrictions from wednesday, vaccine passports, laws and pubs to be scrapped and no more rule of six. found off the coast of tahiti, a giant coral reef discovered in pristine condition. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister says he s not seen or heard any evidence to support allegations that his mps have been intimidated and threatened by the government, to try to stop them speaking out against him. the senior conservative mp, william wragg, says would be rebel mps have been told funding could be pulled from their constituencies and embarrassing stories leaked to the press if