the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an all-black show for a change. oh, where are you going to find one? here s one the los angeles lakers against the milwaukee bucks. young people were interested in relevant things. and so television began to reflect that. this is cbs. really it was very simple. you had three channels plus pbs. when the decade turned over into the 70s, television was very rural. hee haw! the beverly hillbillies. cbs had the beverly hillbillies. green acres.
hundreds of abbatoir workers from abroad are to be given temporary visas to come to the uk. the government announced the move after industry leaders warned that staff shortages in abattoirs meant healthy pigs were having to be destroyed, rather than processed for food. our north of england correspondent danny savage reports from driffield in yorkshire. there were some tense moments waiting for the announcement today assisting pig farmers. when the proposal came to employ 800 foreign butchers and make inviolable more cold storage for carcasses, attention turned to relieve. that is a positive, definitely. hopefully this will help us. definitely a positive. the private storage is a good thing because at least then if the butchers do not come in as many as they want, we can still kill pigs and they will still be used for food. used for food. are you confident used for food. are you confident now - used for food. are you confident now that - used for food. are you | confident n
plus, linkedout! microsoft pulls the plug on the business social network in china, the last major western platform still operating there. we start with our top story this hour, those changes to travel rules here in the uk. as you ve been hearing, from sunday 24th of october, travellers returning to england will be able to take a lateral flow test instead of more expensive pcr tests. the government says the changes will take effect in time forfamilies returning from half term breaks. under the existing system, pcr tests can be around £75 per person, a cost the travel industry says is putting people off taking trips. let s get some reaction from travel industry consultant paul charlesyou. good to see you. what are your thoughts on all of this? it is not like you can just take up one of the lateral flow tests you might have kicking around at home because it is something your doctor gave you or something from school. they still have to be from a registered supplier, and it will
to hundreds of abbattoir workers from abroad after warnings that healthy pigs are being culled on farms because of staff shortages. with the vast majority of people in africa still unvaccinated, the world health organisation calls for promises of covid jabs from richer nations to be fulfilled. coldplay s environmentally friendly world tour a tree planted for every ticket sold but they are keeping their private jets. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel: cameron norrie blasts his way into the semi finals at indian wells and becomes the new british no1 at the same time. good evening. the government has told gps in england to see more patients face to face amid a sharp rise in the number of people going to accident and emergency departments. ministers say they ll provide extra funding for more temporary staff in surgeries and have said they will intervene if gp practices don t increase access to care. the doctors union, the british medical association, said
up, providing you have had the jab. and it looks like the red planet but where on earth are these would be martians? a warm welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where metropolitan police are taking no further action following a review into sex abuse allegations surrounding prince andrew and jeffrey epstein. virginia giuffre claims she trafficked to the prince by the convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein when she was 17 stop the duke of york has consistently denied the allegations. a civil lawsuit in the us is ongoing. our reporter has more. this is the now famous photograph of virginia jeffrey and prince andrew. she claims she was trafficked to the uk and are sexually assaulted by prince andrew, a claim that the prince andrew, a claim that the prince denies. this is her last year with her legal team. she is bringing a civil case against the duke of york in america. the court documents claim he sexually abused her, knowing she was a child. the met police have conducted a