Absolutely packed. As we have been predicting for the last 48 hours, england fans vastly outnumber spanish fans. I spoke to the head of uk policing yesterday, and he said that with the amount of extra flights, all of these weird and wonderfuljourneys england fans are taking, many thousands of them without tickets, they said that there could be up to 50,000 here. There is a scotland fan here! would you believe? they have come out of the woodwork it is notjust english and spanish fans. Scotland are supporting the spanish, surprise surprise. Many fans of the 24 who started this tournament will have bought those final tickets in hope rather than judgment. Bought those final tickets in hope ratherthanjudgment. It will bought those final tickets in hope rather thanjudgment. It will of rather than judgment. It will of course rather thanjudgment. It will of course be majority english and spanish. Perhaps 35 thousand in the stadium about six miles west from here. We are in an area where the fan
Also. The tragic case of the little girl who died after swallowing a button battery from a remote control her mum says she wants other parents to be aware of the dangers. And after it was cancelled last summer, wimbledon is back. We are ready for some play. It is different but it s the same. We ve even got rain. And coming up on the bbc news channel. As they prepare to play again in the euros last 16, gareth southgate says keep england s past meetings with germany in the past. Borisjohnson has said it is very likely that covid restrictions will end in england on the 19th ofjuly. The prime minister said another five million vaccinations would be completed by then, allowing life to go back to as it was before the pandemic as far as possible. Mrjohnson was speaking following talks with his new health secretary, sajid javid, who returned to the cabinet following matt hancock s resignation on saturday. The prime minister has also been defending how he handled mr hancock s departure as o
Bbcyourquestions. France has banned all non essential travel from the uk to try to stop the spread of the indian variant of coronavirus. A temporary ban on bailiff enforced evictions, introduced in england at the start of the pandemic, has come to an end today. China announces that families can now have three children up from the current limit of two as data shows a steep decline in the number of births. Hundreds of afghans who worked for the british military prepare to relocate for their safety as international troops leave afghanistan. New rules designed to reduce the number of fake whiplash claims come into force in england and wales. And coming up. Expect more busy beaches on bank holiday monday, on what could be the hottest day of the year so far. Hello, very good morning to you and welcome to bbc news. There s a new push under way to get more people in england vaccinated against covid 19 this week, amid concerns that the variant first identified in india could delay the next
In the us the republican party sacks a prominent trump critic from its leadership. Liz cheney lost support after speaking out against donald trump s baseless claims the election was stolen. And here in the uk the prime minister announces a full public inquiry into his government s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The violence between israel and the palestinians shows not sign of stopping. Rocket attacks and air strikes are going in either direction. Six israelis have been killed, including a soldier, today. Amongs the palestinians the health ministry in gaza says 53 people have been killed. That includes ilt children. This is the moment israeli air strikes destroyed another high rise building in gaza city. This was a couple of hours ago. The al shorouk tower is a well known landmark, and is listed as hosting media offices . These are israeli strikes on gaza on wednesday morning. The israeli defence forces says these strikes are targeting members of hamas the militant group that
Gaza, as palestinian rockets continue to target civilian areas in central and southern israel. Amazon says it will create 10,000 new permanent uk jobs in 2021 and a new training programme. In an appearance on an american podcast, prince harry says he wants to break the cycle of the pain and suffering of his upbringing with his own children. And coming up this hour. A meteorite that landed in gloucestershire in february will be on display at the natural history museum in london, when it re opens next week. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. The government has this morning confirmed it s sending more vaccine doses to some parts of the uk that have seen an increase in the indian variant of coronavirus. It s one of a number of measures planned to try to tackle the spread after the number of cases more than doubled over the past week. Public health england has recorded 1,313 uk cases of the indian variant in the past week. The figures are more than double the 520 cases recorded last week.