vaccinated avoiding to have to quarantine. bronze for team gb s charlotte dujardin who has riden into the record books, as britain s most decorated female olympian of all time with six medals. this is wonderful. gold to great britain in the men s 4x200 metres freestyle relay! and britain s swimmers strike gold again at the tokyo olympics with victory in the men s 200 metre freestyle relay. the american gymnast, simone biles, pulls out of another final saying she wants to focus on her mental health. nearly 28,000 new covid i9 cases have been reported in the last 2a hours across britain that s an increase of over 4,000 and the first rise in the daily total after seven days of falling cases. prince charles unveils a national memorial in honour of all the british police officers who ve died in the line of duty. and after liverpool lost its world heritage status, it s given instead to the slate landscapes of north west wales. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the gov
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the broadcaster henry bonsu, and the former trade minister, lord digbyjones. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the guardian notes the covid variant first detected in india will become the dominant strain in the uk within days, with the government and health teams struggling to contain cases, which have risen by more than 75% since thursday. the times says it s been told ministers are considering contingency plans for local lockdowns or a delay to reopening afterjune the 21st in response to concern about the spread of the indian variant. the i says new advice on wearing masks and staying a metre apart is set to be delayed because scientists want more time to assess danger posed by indian strain. while the metro writes thousands of vaccine sceptics have changed their minds, queueing round the block for a covid jab in places worst hit by the indian variant surge that threatens o
another black man shot dead after a routine traffic stop over expired licence plates. i come to minnesota to tell| you your tags have expired. your tags of racism have expired. also in the programme india has recorded the highest one day tally of new covid 19 cases anywhere in the world. they are dying in record numbers, and many while waiting for oxygen. the oscars socially distanced. but on sunday, hollywood s finest will, at least, walk the red carpet, and all the way to union station. we ll explain all as we give you the runners and riders. hello, i m laura trevelyan in washington. christian fraser is in london. it s earth day, and world leaders tried to put their strategic rivalries aside today at a virtual white house summit on the climate crisis. after president trump spent four years trying to tear up everything president obama had done on climate, now president biden is trying to lead from the front again. as the us is the second biggest polluter in the world after
man linked to a drug that killed. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are jasmine cameron chileshi, political and diplomatic corresopndent for the financial times and the writer and former fleet street editor eve pollard. welcome fleet street editor eve pollard. back to you both. l at welcome back to you both. let s look at what is already in the metro. the metro leads on the trial of the us policeman accused of murdering george floyd it says derek chauvin knelt on him for nine minutes and 29 seconds. the express reports that 60 million novavax doses are due to be bottled in britain instead of the eu, declaring it a vaccine victory for the uk. the daily mail leads on today s lockdown easing, but calls on the prime minister to speed up the lifting of restrictions as cases and deaths hit a six month low. the times adds that borisjohnson says england is on course for the reopening of shops, pubs and restaurants in