Instagram or e mail me. And coming up this hour. The first super group of whales seen in australia. How many whales make a supergroup? we re going to talk to one of the people watching and studying them. Good morning and welcome to the programme. Health officials in north west england are stepping up coronavirus vaccinations and testing to tackle the surge in cases of the delta variant first identified in india. Yesterday, the government announced extra support for greater manchester and parts of lancashire. Next monday, the government is due to announce if restrictions across england will be lifted a week later. The new package of support includes military assistance, and supervised in school testing. New guidance recommends people minimise travel in and out of the affected areas. Residents are also being encouraged to get tested twice a week. Our correspondent richard galpin has the story. In the warm summer sun, people here in manchester looking forward to the possibility of covid r
the us supreme court strikes down restrictions on carrying guns in new york, signaling a shift that will reverberate nationwide. the taliban appeals for international support after wednesday s devastating earthquake in afghanistan, with survivors saying they have no food or sheltera. with survivors saying they have no food or shelter. the panel investigating last year s us capitol riots hears about the pressure former president trump put on thejustice department to overturn the 2020 election result. # upside down, by you turn me. we speak to excited festival goers. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that has broken in the last hour. the conservatives have suffered crushing defeats in two by elections in england. the results will put renewed pressure on prime minister, borisjohnson, who recently survived a leadership challenge. the liberal democrats ousted the conservatives in the seat of tiverton and honiton, in one of the biggest ever by election swi
if now on bbc news, clive myrie has been speaking to russia s ambassador to the uk andrei kelin, at the russian embassy in london about the war in ukraine. some people may find pictures of civilian deaths that clive showed him in their conversation, distressing. ambassador, the facts are clear. thousands of people have been killed in this war so far. 1a million people have had to leave their homes since russia decided to invade ukraine. why did russia start this war? this is not a war. this is a limited operation. and i have to say, the reasoning, which probably is not popular here in media in great britain, because you are presenting only one side of the story and i have now to say to speak about the other side of the story, and i would appreciate very much that it will be heard. so by now, events are going on in the east, south east of ukraine. and this is clear that during eight years after a nationalistic government has come to power in kyiv, they have built a fortress ov
one occasion, i was at the junior european championships and i rememberjust running that 800 metres, thinking, i m trying to run for a gold medal here, but i m also very aware that i ve just started my period. ijust rushed off the track and felt like i couldn t have ijust didn t absorb that amazing, like, gold medal moment. jess ennis hill was at the top of her sport. olympic and world champion in the heptathlon, she had physios, dietitians and coaches looking at all aspects of her training programme, but nobody looked at when she was menstruating. i always remember it being an awkward conversation, so i had a male coach and it was predominantly a male environment and i remember, yeah, just having those small conversations of, you know, i m on my period or i m a bit tired or i m not feeling 100% but never feeling fully confident about having that more open conversation about how i felt and how it was making me feel when i trained. but it s notjust athletes that thi
have made their way slowly through the strand. i am on the building it to the historic building, liverpool came out in their numbers to celebrate a double winning season, there was some uncertainty about what the mood would be off the back of losing that champions league final last night to real madrid, agonisingly missing out on the premier league, last weekend to manchester city. jurgen klopp called it a disappointing end to the season but not a disappointing season. he wanted to celebrate what he said was still a success and you can see here what it meant to the fans, just a short while ago the red mess, the fireworks, the you will never walk alone that was ringing out, various childs, various instruments, it was hard at times to make out what was going on, a cacophony of noise and emotion, scenes we saw back in 2019 when liverpool lifted the champions league, scenes denied to them in 2020 because of the pandemic, no parade for the premier league, and i felt there was a pe