Now on bbc news its time for click. This week mud, mud, glorious mud smart matchboxes. And what happens when you get to see for the first time in years . The sun is finally out in the uk and festival season is upon us. And to celebrate the good weather we find ourselves at the world famous hay literary festival. Nestled in the border of england and wales hay on wye has been home to the event for over 30 years. I love the hay festival. You can come here and fill your brains with all sorts of new knowledge on all sorts of subjects delivered by all kinds of brilliant speakers. And when you have done that, you can come see us doing our live show too. Yes, once more click live hit the hay. We spoke about robots, explained in detail about how our brains develop and we built an Artificial Intelligence using matchboxes. Please welcome maisy mcadam and willow. Applause. But possibly the most magical moment of all of our click live shows starred maisy and her dog willow. About six years ago at t
Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 12 still wine will rise 44p. A bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20 port up £1. 30. So among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. But the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. We have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. On top of that, we have Raw Materials like glass that are increasing in price expon
Checks on borrowers, particularly those in financial difficulties, as a report by the regulator is published this morning. I will have more on that a little later. In Sport England are into the semi finals of the european championships. Jodie taylor scored the winner, as the Lionesses Beat france 1 0. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Todays the day of sunshine and showers, especially in central and Northern Areas. They will be fewer and further between them were yesterday. That leads us into a showery start to the week. Good morning. First, our main story thousands of extra Mental Health workers are to be recruited by the nhs in england. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, said the aim is to treat an extra one Million People by 2021. The Royal College of nursing has questioned how so many staff can be hired and trained in such a short space of time. Here is more from our Health Correspondent dominic hughes. Ministers in england have already acknowledged the treatment offered to
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. Ill have yourfull forecast right here on breakfast. Its 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 cecilias nursing home in scarborough, locked down early. But gcioss 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 husband, a wife,
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