the vaccine roll out and the development of world leading treatments. we ll be live with our health editor and at westminster. also this lunchtime. the prime minister is expected to give his blessing to financial support for firms struggling with the soaring cost of energy. the number of vacancies in the uk hits a record high, as the jobs market continues to recoverfrom the pandemic. 100 years of the royal british legion the queen attends a service of thanksgiving. and is it a bird, is it a plane or is it an example of social change? superman s son will be bisexual in the next edition of his comic adventures. and coming up on the bbc news channel. as england chase automatic qualification to next year s world cup, does england manager gareth southgate believe his team are getting the credit they deserve? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. rob oliver good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. one of the most important public health failures in the his
the prime minister is expected to give the go ahead to financial support for firms struggling with the soaring cost of energy. the number of vacancies in the uk hits a record high as the jobs market continues to recover from the pandemic. efforts to recruit young black people are failing to have an impact on racial injustice at work, according to a new report. good afternoon. one of the most important public health failures in uk history that s the damning verdict of mps on the government s early response to the pandemic. a joint report by two commons committees says both ministers and scientists waited too long to lock down last year, costing many lives. and it says there were thousands of avoidable deaths in care homes. the report calls the test, trace and isolate system slow, uncertain, and often chaotic , but there is praise for the vaccine rollout. our health correspondent jim reed reports. it is completely unimaginable, and we are not at the peak yet. in the spring of
power, but some residents in remote areas may be cut off for 48 hours. aruna iyengar has the latest. storm gerrit swept across much of scotland, bringing heavy snow, flooding homes, causing power cuts and travel misery for many. the major a9 route has reopened after it closed in the highlands for several hours. meanwhile, thousands of homes across scotland have suffered power cuts. scottish and southern electricity networks said they d restored power to more than 25,000 homes but at least 16,000 are still cut off. for some customers especially those in rural areas it could be up until friday before power supplies are reconnected. but it is far too early for us to say at the moment, with scottish and southern electricity continuing to cause damage to the power network. 0n the railways, lner which runs services up the east coast from london to scotland is warning of major disruption this morning, with some services arriving several hours late. this tree fell on the li
on pay and conditions. it has been the greatest experience of my entire life, my own children and family notwithstanding! and a hollywood ending, perhaps, for wrexham, looking to win a return to the football league this weekend. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the justice secretary and deputy prime minister dominic raab has resigned from his posts a day after a report investigating bullying allegations against him was handed to the prime minister. mr raab had promised to step down if the inquiry found against him, and in a statement he said it was important to keep his word. but he s claims the investigation hasn t been fair, calling it kafkaesque , and accused the inquiry of making the threshold for bullying so low that it would encourage spurious complaints against ministers. with the very latest from westminster, here s our political correspondent, iain watson. let s make him our next prime minister. please welcome rishi sunak. he minister. please welco
welcome back to bbc news. we bring you some breaking news that s come in the last few minutes. the confederation of british industries has in the last few minutes announce its suspending all policy injune. this comes after dozens of firms paused or even cancelled their membership. a number of huge names have ditched the cbi and moved on. this includes bmw, john lewis, avi, mastercard, virgin media, lloyd s of london, schroders. these have either paused or cancelled their membership completely. the business lobbying group has been at the centre of all what only could be described as varying degrees. there really has taken a toll on the organisations. we ve seen its share resigning, stepping down. a new chair is do to take over, but we have had a lot of companies who rely on the cbi to not only lobby for them, but also to give best practice for businesses, to advise businesses on what is best practice. we ve seen one of those companies who are really the bread and butter of the