And, nil point for great britain at eurovision as italy wins the big prize. Phil mickelson is eyeing a different prize he stands on the verge of golfing history. He leads heading into the final round of the pga championship, and at the age of 50, could become the sport s oldest major winner. Good morning. A chilly and bright start for much of the day for much of the uk. Some eastern areas keeping dry all day. I will have all the details for you here on breakfast. I will have all the details for you here on breakfast. It s sunday the 23rd of may. Our top story both the pfizer and astrazeneca coronavirus vaccines, the two main jabs used in the uk s rollout, are highly effective against the indian variant of the disease according to a study by public health england. The health secretary matt hancock described the findings as ground breaking and said he was increasingly confident the government is on track for the final stage of its roadmap out of lockdown. Here s our health correspo
As italy wins the big prize. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. I m martine croxall. 13 people have died after a mountain cable car plunged to the ground in northern italy. Two children have been airlifted to hospital in turin. The cable car takes people from the town of stresa, on lake maggiore, up almost a mile above sea level to the top of the mottarone mountain. Earlier, our rome correspondent mark lowen gave us this update. At least 12 people have now been confirmed dead in this tragedy. There are two young children who are seriously injured they have been airlifted to hospital in turin. It happened after a cable car was reaching the end of its isoo metre climb from lake maggiore up to the italian alps when it broke away and plunged to the ground. The images from the scene showed the cable car was virtually destroyed, and it was extremely difficult for rescue workers to get to the scene, because it is a very wooded area and of course very high as well. In fact, one of the r
From greece to lithuania that was forced to divert to minsk so a belarus opposition activist could be arrested. The guardian carries the picture of the cable car which tragically fell about 20m on a mountain in northern italy causing the death of 14 people, including at least one child. On the times the culture secretary calls for changes at the bbc. He accuses the corportation of a we know best attitude in the wake of the martin bashir scandal. The telegraph says that britain is at risk of replacing the covid crisis with a cancer crisis with more than 300,000 people missing urgent checks since the start of the pandemic. On the mail, a report reveals that dental patients are being forced to wait until up to 2024 for nhs appointments with surgeries dealing with thousands of patients on their waiting lists. And according to the sun, the prime minister could soon be tying the knot with carrie symonds with a wedding expected next summer. So let s begin. With a wedding expected next
With that of a young boy lost and on the run after his father was targeted by sinister hit men, played by aidan gillen and nicholas hoult. Give em something else to worry about. Music sting. Loosely adapted from a novel by michael koryta and directed by taylor sheridan, whose credits include the oscar nominated screenplay for hell or high water, this is solidly pedestrian stuff a by the numbers, box ticking affair spiced up by shoot outs, lightning strikes and some very impressive fire scapes. We can t go through that! that eats everything in its path! none of it is particularly believable, withjolie looking far too much like a movie star to convince as a battle scarred firefighter. Still, her character is far more convincing than the hit men, who were essentially upmarket, b movie caricatures, killing everyone they meet whilst complaining about the scenery in entertainingly daft fashion. He s still on duty you can try him on your radio. On the other hand, you have medina senghore