Massive fines if they dont act. Im Still Standing better than i ever did. Brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians. Now, eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. And coming up, a Hollywood Gladiator sends a surprise Birthday Message to a british sailor taking part in a round the world yacht race. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has thanked all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its Vaccination Programme ten Million People have now received a first dose. But borisjohnson also issued a warning, describing the levels of covid 19 infections as alarmingly high. He said that while there was growing evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines, the government needed more data before considering any relaxation of covid restrictions. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Sleeves up, syringes ready, vaccine in army medics filling this Church Hall In Chingford where there used to be bingo nights and dog training.
Its Official Neymar is leaving Paris Saint Germain to go to saudi arabia and play for al hilal. The deal is expected to be around 90m euros plus add ons. Neymarjoined the french champions in 2017 for a World Record Fee of 200m pounds. But he was apparently not part of new coach luis enrique s plans so hes the latest big Money Transfer in the saudi pro league. Spain have sealed their place in sundays womens World Cup Final after beating sweden in a dramatic Semifinal Tie in auckland. A game of few chances sparked into life when 19 year old substitute Salma Para Lluelo gave spain the lead with just ten minutes remaining. Sweden whove now lost back to back world cup semi finals equalised through Rebecka Blomqvist and it looked like the match would be going to extra time. Butjust 93 seconds later spains captain 0lga carmona scored an 89th minute winner to spark wild scenes ofjubilation among their supporters at eden park. Theyll face england or co hosts australia in the final in sydney on
fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
from tony blair to rishi sunak, ifelt like humming the tune of ghostbusters! who are you going to call? louise casey! why you? how did this happen? i don t really know, actually. i don t know. i started offjust working in charities with homeless people and then all our dreams came true when somebody said, we want to reduce the number of people sleeping on the streets by two thirds, we will set a target, we are serious and i got thatjob. and i suppose i am pretty fearless. and pretty determined, if i believe in the cause. and i always say to people, success then breeds success. we are a nation that loves our failures, aren t we? god love henman, who never won wimbledon but we made the name of that hill after him. we celebrate the underdog which is one of our most endearing and wonderful qualities. drifting is a fearless, we talk to a few people you worked with and one former cabinet minister said louise is like, a live grenade thrown into the civil service. and added, in cas
champions league final in istanbul, leaving i o champions league final in istanbul, leaving 1 0 with 20 minutes left, rodri was the scorer. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. draw up a list of some of the toughest policy of nuts that any government needs to crack and you probably put pretty near the top rough sleeping. you might add anti social behaviour, troubled families, maybe child sexual exploitation. victims rights and last but certainly not least, the culture and standards of the police. that list is a short summary of the job is done by my guest this week on political thinking. job is done by my guest this week on politicalthinking. she job is done by my guest this week on political thinking. she has done those jobs political thinking. she has done thosejobs for political thinking. she has done those jobs for five different prime ministers, both main political parties over the last quarter of a century or