record on wall street, as the federal reserve promises it won t raise interest rates in a hurry. hello there. we start with the travel industry, it s been expressing widespread frustration after the uk announced a framework for the safe reopening of travel. the british government says it can t yet confirm whether foreign holidays currently banned will be allowed to resume in may. it s promised a traffic light system to categorise countries based on risk, but it is giving no hints about which countries will get the green light. and it is making all travellers pay for tests when departing and returning to the uk. the boss of easyjet says he fears it s a return to the days when only the wealthy could afford to travel. here s our transport correspondent, caroline davies. we may be dreaming of sunshine and summer getaways, would you pay around an extra £100 per person when coming back from your trip overseas? i person when coming back from your trip overseas? your trip overs
plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. more homes have been flooded and hundreds of flood warnings are still in place for parts of england and wales after a week of heavy rainfall and the impact of storm henk. rishi sunak says people should be reassured by the response to flooding in affected areas. but labour says the government has been asleep at the wheel, and has failed to provide enough support. more than 1,000 properties have been affected in england this week. dan johnson reports. because it speaks now, you can t keep wading about in this, can you? if i had wellingtons, i wouldn t mind if i had wellingtons, i wouldn t mind. ., . if i had wellingtons, i wouldn t mind. ., ., ., , mind. you haven t even got wellies. peole mind. you haven t even got wellies. peeple are mind. you haven t even got wellies. people are struggling mind. you haven t even got wellies. people are struggling to mind. you haven t even got wellies. people are struggli
both planets are actually a comparable shade of greenish blue. well, to help us understand this, i mjoined by professor catherine heymans. she s the astronomer royal for scotland, and a professor of astrophysics at the university of edinburgh. hello to you. thank you very much forjoining us. hello to you. thank you very much forjoining m hello to you. thank you very much forjoining ve for “oining us. please explain, why did forjoining us. please explain, why did we think forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they were forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they were these - did we think they were these different colours to begin with? these images that we are used to seeing are from the voyager two nation. it was a nasa spacecraft that was launched in the late 70s and took images of uranus and neptune in the late 80s by the time it got there. now, the way you and i see colour is we have photo re
Roads are turned into rivers, and even at home wellies are essential. how deep is it? that deep. what s that, six inches? the period betweenjuly and december was the wettest ever recorded in the uk. we ll be looking at why, with our climate editor. also on the programme. the conservative chris skidmore is quitting as an mp over the government s energy plans, triggering a by election. president biden launches his campaign for re election, warning that his likely rival, donald trump, poses a threat to american democracy. # don t give up on us, baby. # and the actor who also found fame as a singer david soul, of starsky and hutch, dies at the age of 80. and on newsnight at 10.30pm, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories.
From the met office. roads are turned into rivers, and even at home wellies are essential. how deep is it? that deep. what s that, six inches? the period betweenjuly and december was the wettest ever recorded in the uk. we ll be looking at why, with our climate editor. also on the programme. the conservative chris skidmore is quitting as an mp over the government s energy plans, triggering a by election. president biden launches his campaign for re election, warning that his likely rival, donald trump, poses a threat to american democracy. # don t give up on us, baby. # and the actor who also found fame as a singer david soul, of starsky and hutch, dies at the age of 80. and on newsnight at 10.30pm, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories.