With two sides level on points at the top of the table. Good morning. Some of us are waking up good morning. Some of us are waking up to some low cloud and also some frost. But that will give way to a sunny day, albeit hazy at times. It will feel quite warm and the wind isnt going to be quite as strong. I will have all the details at 27 minutes past. Good morning. Its wednesday april 22. Our top story an raf plane carrying much needed items of protective equipment for the nhs has landed in the uk from turkey. It was due to arrive on sunday but suffered a series of delays. It comes as the government ramps up the hunt for a vaccine with human trials set to begin in oxford tomorrow. Andy moore reports. Here at last. The raf plane loaded with personal protective equipment thats so desperately needed in the uk. Its part of an 80 ton shipment that is said to include 400,000 gowns, one of the items in shortest supply. Ministers said this flight was due to arrive on sunday. No one has been abl
Today we have plenty of sunshine but again those brisk and custom easterly winds bringing choppy seas to the coast of willington and also those easterly winds are keeping the east coast a little cooler and fresher. Coming in land, a warmer day, temperatures more widely pushing into the low 20s. Overnight tonight, it stays quite breezy, clear and starry skies initially but there could be a few patches of cloud forming over the pennines later in the night. Temperatures for seven celsius for many of us, but cold enough like last night for frost in some of the steeper scottish valleys. Looking at the weather charts tomorrow, High Pressure still firmly in charge of oui pressure still firmly in charge of our weather, but the isobars are beginning to open out a little bit and that means although the wind is still blowing from an easterly direction it will not blow strongly. Any Early Morning cloud clearing up quickly and for most of us again it is sunshine across the board throughout the day.
The tragic story of barbara one of many disabled Covid Patients to be transferred to hospital, where she had to face death without family or friends. The collapse in oil prices at one point producers were paying others to take barrels off them. But will it mean cheaper petrol at the pumps . And. Portraits of nhs heroes. The artists who decided to celebrate the work of Health Care Workers by painting them. Marking the queens 94th birthday. The royal family share footage of her majesty as a young child. Good afternoon. The figures are already out of date but theyre no less shocking for that. In the week up to easter, deaths in england and wales hit a 20 year high, with 8,000 more people dying than would be regarded as normal at this time of year. And care homes are at the sharp end of these figures from the office for National Statistics with more than 1,000 covid related deaths. So lots of tough questions for the government as parliament gets back to Business Today with many still about
Shutting on immigration he says is to protectjobs. Will go straight to the United States now. A couple of big stories brewing they are. The first is meeting between President Trump and the governor of new york and her combos. Why is that significant . Theyre and her combos. Why is that significant . They re trying and her combos. Why is that significant . Theyre trying to Work Together in the next stage of this pandemic. However they havent got on swimmingly so far. There is been criticism from both sides. So lets eat what this is all about. We can speak to kathy k in washington. Kathy, nice to see them again. Lets start with the basics here, why are these two then getting together . The primary issue here is testing. And the comparative roles of the federal government which is run by the white house and the states which in this case is run by Governor Cuomo of new york. Thats where the conflict has been. How much of the states be responsible for testing and how much should the the res
American oil and Gas Producers after the price of us oil plunged deaths in england and wales hit a 20 to its lowest ever level. Year high, with more than a thousand covid related deaths, recorded at care homes, in the week before easter. The Uns World Food Programme warns the coronavirus pandemic could double the number of people around the world suffering from acute hunger. Italy looks to ease its lockdown restrictions as other European Countries have already started to introduce changes. Welcome. Donald trump is hosting new York Governor Andrew Cuomo at the white house for what could be a tense meeting. The two have clashed frequently during the outbreak most recently over funding for coronavirus testing. Mr cuomo a democrat, says large scale testing for covid 19 is the next biggest challenge and cant be done without federal help. He had a message ahead of the meeting. I understand the federal governments point that its up to the states, and i believe it is largely up to the states.