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to global food supplies. the podcaster deborahjames, who s raised more than £1 million for cancer charities, announces she s having hospice care at home for her terminal bowel cancer. and rebekah vardy v colleen rooney the so called wagatha christie libel trial kicks off at the high court. good afternoon from westminster. prince charles has unveiled the government s plans for legislation for the year ahead, at the state opening of parliament. it was the first time in nearly 60 years that the queen didn t deliver the speech, after she decided not to attend because of what buckingham palace described as mobility problems. this is the first time, although it is the third this is the first time, although it is the third time this is the first time, although it is the third time she this is the first time, although it is the third time she has this is the first time, although it is the third time she has not delivered the speech, on the two previous occasions it was because s ....
With me are the bbc s deputy Political Editor, vicki young, and shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds, Transport Secretary mark harper, and Liberal Democrat olly grender. Yes, we had that big, important result for the conservatives, ben houchen has held onto the Tees Valley Mayoralty for a third term. You will know if you have been following all the Election Results that labour have won with a pretty historic swing the Blackpool South by election. There are a lot of people, of course, still coming in, we are yet to hear from counts right across the country, in terms of those local councils. Lets just get a thought, first of all, fr ....
Good morning. Its wednesday 17th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. More nurses left the nhs in england last year thanjoined. The statistics, given exclusively to the bbc, reveal that more than 33,000 gave up jobs with the service, thats 3000 more than signed up. The Royal College of nursing says more must be done to support younger nurses at the start of their careers. Heres our Health Correspondent, dominic hughes. She became a nurse to help people, excited at the prospect of making a difference but in the end, the job overwhelmed mary trevelyan. I would end up in tears during a shift because there wasjust so much pressure and stress. A never ending list of things to do, guilt over not having enough time to care for patients. Stress led to depression and mary has had to leave thejob she loved. I want to be a great nurse and i want to give my pati ....
The pm vowed to use this moment to fix longstanding economic problems and promised a £5 billion new deal to build homes and infrastructure. It was also confirmed that the chancellor would deliver an economic update onjuly 8. Critics argued there was little new in the plans or the funding. At pmqs, the labour leader reckoned there had been one striking line in borisjohnsons speech. The Prime Minister said, we know that the jobs many people had injanuary are not coming back. I fear that this is the equivalent line to the line in the Prime Ministers speech of march 12, when he said, i must level with you. Many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time. And we know what happened next. Thats why there needs to be a laser like focus on protecting jobs. So how manyjobs does the Prime Minister think yesterday ....
Hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up in the next half hour, borisjohnson promises to build, build, build to boost the uks economy after coronavirus. But the labour leader reckons the plans are nothing new and the governments got one more opportunity to stop mass redundancies. Next weeks Financial Statement could be the last chance to save millions ofjobs. But the Prime Minister remains positive. We are the builders, theyre the blockers. Were the doers, theyre the ditherers. Were going to get on with it and take this country forward. Also on this programme, the governnment announces that up to 3 million hong kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the uk. The education secretary announces plans to get all of englands children back to school in september. And one mp reflects on how her life might have been different. My mum, who has ....