If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And the queen and Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. Good morning. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. The research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when theres a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. Researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76 effective for up to three months after the first shot, while p
Picking up and bringing showers later in the far north. For england and wales, still some rain and drizzle and low cloud around some Western Hills and coast but further east, not a great deal of sunshine him want to hate All Black Women. What took them so long . Number tens change in tone and language came three hours after business secretary Kemi Badenoch said frank hester s comments were racist and there was a Space For Forgiveness. Well talk live to the woman who co founded conservatives against racism and a former candidate who says most black people think hes a race traitor to be a tory. Also tonight a warning that the increasing privatisation of nhs eye care could see it go the same way as Nhs Dentistry, with minimal Public Access to treatment. They say, were not going to do nhs cataracts, are losing money on them, people pay two go private or we have a loss of provision and thats really the end of the nhs. Plus a conversation between this conservative mp and the close friend who
For each of our current employees across the police service. I understand that that will be of considerable concern to many of my colleagues, and their families at the moment. We operate in an environment at the moment where this is a Severe Threat to our colleagues in Northern Ireland related to terrorism and this is the last thing that anybody in the organisation wants to be hearing this evening. So i owe it to my colleagues to investigate thoroughly and weve initiated that, well keep the police board informed and all the Staff Associations informed of that investigation. And weve been engaging with them throughout the afternoon. The information was taken down very quickly, but nevertheless i do appreciate the concern that it will cause. Well seek to find the extent to which that has been viewed, but what i would say is that of the error was our own, once that information was out there if anybody did have access to it i would ask them to delete it straightaway. We will have more reac
This is bbc news, the headlines. A warning from the un that the gaza conflict could lead to a broader conflagration across the middle east. The Us Supreme Court has ruled that donald trump can stand as a republican president ial candidate in the colorado primary. A State Of Emergency is declared in the capital of haiti after armed gangs carry out majorjailbreaks, freeing thousands of inmates. Night curfews are in force until wednesday. George galloway is to be sworn in as mp for rochdale. Speaking outside parliament, he said britain is at a dangerous crossroads for community relations. And we talk to a member of russian Protest Group pussy riot about the death of alexei navalny, and their hopes for the future. Sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. After wins for liverpool and Manchester City over the weekend its now down to third placed arsenal to keep themselves in touch in the Premier League. They are at bottom side sheffield united, a win at bramall lane would see the