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the holiday expense you can do without plans for a £5,000 fine for anyone travelling abroad from england. scotland s first minister survives a vote of no confidence it comes after a parliamentary committee said she had misled them. they put us in jail, they knew it was wrong, they knew it was wrong from day one. 50 years ago, they were jailed for picketing, now the royle family star ricky tomlinson and 13 others see their convictions overturned. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: england s cricketers are looking to leave india on a high, but they ve lost the opening match of their 0ne day series. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. across the nations, people have been observing a minute s silence a moment to reflect on this past year of the coronavirus. this time last march, the uk went into its first full lockdown. since then, more than 126,000 people have died, and their families left grieving. the queen has paid tribute to t ....
tonight at 10 a day of reflection and remembrance a year after the first lockdown was declared across the united kingdom. candles lit up doorsteps tonight as people paid their respects to all those who have lost their lives. a minute s silence at midday frontline workers among the thousands who paused as the prime minister thanked people for their response to the virus. for month after month, our collective fight against coronavirus was like fighting in the dark against a callous and invisible enemy, until science helped us to turn the lights on and to gain the upper hand. also on the programme tonight. a £5,000 fine is set to be introduced for anyone in england travelling abroad without a reasonable excuse. scotland s first minister survives a vote of no confidence it comes after a parliamentary committee said she had misled them. tens of thousands are left homeless after fire sweeps through a vast refugee camp in bangladesh. and a look back on a year of lockdow ....
we ll hear from the former prime minister matteo renzi, who s told me why he forced the current crisis. politics means make choice. i decided to open that crisis, and now there is a government better than in the past. and which celebrity does he look like? the burnley manager tells us what we are really missing in this pandemic is a game of looky likey. hello. i m laura trevelyan in new york. christian fraser is in london. there was encouraging news for britain s government today. first came a preliminary report that the astrazeneca vaccine does reduce transmission of the virus by two thirds. until now, there had been no real data on that. and the very same study found that delivering a second dose after 12 weeks, rather than three, made the vaccine more effective. the report hasn t been peer reviewed but seems to vindicate the uk government s strategy. the other extraordinary news was that by following that strategy, the uk has now vaccinated 10 million people. 15% of ....
parts of the country yesterday. still raining for parts of england and wales but there were of improvement. forecast in 15 minutes. good morning, we live on the buses out and about in birmingham practising the art of conversation. will total strangers talk to me? let s find out. competing with silicon valley. the uk produced more of the of the fastest growing tech firms than any other country outside of the us and china last year. but can london really compete with silicon valley when it comes to technology? a critical day for england and scotland, at the women s world cup. after facing each other in their opening match, both nations are back in action with qualification for the knock out stages at stake. it s friday 1a june. our top story. survivors and the families of those who lost their lives in the fire at grenfell tower will come together today to mark the second anniversary of the tragedy. figures seen by bbc breakfast show that more than 8,000 people have been s ....
he beat britain s anthony joshua on a split points decision. the fight in saudi arabia was a rematch of usyk s victory in london in september. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your minds back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watts divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what s their place in the cultural l ....