Health officials consider making the nhs covid app less sensitive, to avoid millions of people having to self isolate this summer. New research confirms that for children, there s an extremely low risk of severe illness or death from covid 19. Authors of a new report say that front line care workers supporting elderly or disabled people in england, are underpaid by £7,000 per year. Local authorities across the uk say they face a £3 billion shortfall in their budgets over the next three years as the country emerges from the pandemic. And at 9:30, bbc sport looks ahead to today s wimbledon semi final clash between novak djokovic and denis shapovalov. Good morning. Holiday companies are reporting a surge in bookings following the decision to allow fully vaccinated uk residents to return to england from amber list countries without having to self isolate. But there are warnings from immigration officials of lengthy delays at the uk border, as international travel continues to open up.
now the week in parliament. hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament a week when mps hoped the killing of sarah everard would be a watershed moment to help prevent violence against women. too many of us have clutched our keys in our fist in case we need to defend ourselves. and that is not ok. but ministers faced complaints about police tactics and a lack ofjustice. i have parliamentary privilege. i can name the men who have hurt me. but millions of women in this country don t even have that. a victim of stalking shares her experience. he dropped letters through my letterbox just so i knew that he knew where i lived. and elsewhere in westminster, a controversial figure returns to haunt the government. in spring 2020, we had a situation where the deprtment for health wasjust a smoking ruin in terms of procurement and ppe. but first, sarah everard s killing prompted widespread public anger and calls for action to do more to protect women and girls. hundreds gathered
someone whose kamikaze style enthusiasm for class a narcotics leads him not into a gutter in edinburgh, but to a swanky poolside terrace in la. now you ve one of the biggest bands in the world, where does it go from here? played in his younger years by leo flanagan, and by bremner as an oddly childlike adult, mcgee s biggest breaks seem to be down to chaotic fate. with his unswerving belief that each new signing will be bigger than u2, he somehow stumbles into a position of immense cultural importance, helping to define the era of britpop and gaining access to the corridors of power under tony blair s new labour where everything starts to unravel. directed by nick moran who previously did a brilliantjob with thejoe meek story, telstar, this is entertaining if inevitably self mythologizing fare. bremner is clearly having a ball in the lead role, but it s the supporting characters who often steal the show. from former skids frontman richard jobson as alan s overbearing dad, to
millions of people in texas are stuck without power in sub zero temperatures, with some even burning their own furniture to keep warm. australia s prime minister has accused facebook of unfriending his country, after it blocked news feeds in a row over a new social media law. and seven minutes of terror for nasa it s perserverence rover will face its descent to the surface of mars today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. scientists tracking coronavirus in england say there s been a strong decline in covid infection levels since the current lockdown began. the study, which is called react and was carried out by imperial college london, found that rates have dropped by two thirds across england since lockdown began, but it warns that virus levels are still high, with one in 200 people testing positive between the 4th and the 13th of this month. while infections are coming down across england, they are falling fastest in the capital, south e