At least 30 people have died and dozens are missing after unprecedented flooding in Western Germany. Borisjohnson says his plans for Ending Inequalities in the Uk Wont make richer areas poorer. Give musicians a fair share of the hundreds of millions of pounds Record Labels earn from streaming, says a group of mps. And the 149th 0pen gets under way, after a years delay, in kent. And coming up on the Bbc News channel. Great britains womens Football Squad will take the knee before their matches at the tokyo 0lympic games this month. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Sugar and salt should be taxed, and Fruit And Vegetables prescribed by The Nhs in order to improve our diets, an independent review has said. The report, led by the businessman Henry Dimbleby, says the taxes raised could also be used to extend Free School Meals to more children. Mr dimbleby said that poor eating habits cause horrific health harms. But the Food Industry says new taxes could increase the price o
I thought wed start off by looking at the weather in europe. Massive thunderstorms hitting the same kind of areas, the heaviest of the rain was to the South West of bonn. Across parts of Western Germany we saw up to 158 millimetres of rain, that looks to be about three times the amount of rainfall wed normally expect in the whole ofjuly, falling in one day. Its been extreme rainfall. You seem catastrophic Damage And Flooding as a result, partly caused by this upper low pressure. In the uk we are under the rich part of the Jet Stream and what that does is it Bills Area of High Pressure. Here is our high and in the next few days that will be with us through the rest of the week, the weekend and will influence the weather into next week as well. Today, weve got the sunshine out in full force across northern parts of the uk. Thats where the best of the sunshine has been. Across central and eastern england some areas of cloud but its pretty thin, so im pretty hopeful that we should see some
Of her BusIness AffaIrs from her father and shes been celebratIng wIth cartwheels. The husband of a Bbc RadIo Presenter who dIed after havIng the Astra Zeneca CovId vaccInatIon calls for everyone to be gIven a choIce about whIch vaccIne they have untIl more research can be carrIed out Into rare SIde Effects. She was just. GIvIng the rIght thIng, that was all just. GIvIng the rIght thIng, that was all she was doIng. Hello and welcome If youre watchIng In the uk or around the world. At least nIne people have dIed and more than 70 are mIssIng after heavy RaIn And FloodIng In South Western germany. At least four people dIed In the vIllage of schuld In the Western State of RhIneland PalatInate, reports say that they were on the roof of houses that were swept away as they waItIng for help. Also among the dead are two fIremen and two men who were caught In flooded cellars. Heavy floodIng has turned streams and Streets Into ragIng torrents, sweepIng away cars and causIng some buIldIngs to coll
WIth the leaked Cctv Footage. BorIsjohnson says hIs plans for EndIng InequalItIes In the Uk Wont make rIcher areas poorer. GIve musIcIans a faIr share of the hundreds of mIllIons of pounds Record Labels earn from streamIng, say a group of mps. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. Sugar and salt should be taxed and FruIt And Vegetables prescrIbed by the nhs In order to Improve our dIets, an Independent revIew has saId. The report, led by the busInessman henry dImbleby, says the taxes raIsed could also be used to extend Free School Meals to more chIldren. Mr dImbleby saId that poor eatIng habIts cause horrIfIc health harms. But the Food Industry says new taxes could Increase the prIce of food and when asked about the revIew, borIsjohnson saId that he Is not In favour of RaIsIng Taxes on food. Heres our Correspondent EllIe PrIce. Maureen has got a number of physIcal and Mental Health Issues. She knows she needs to eat more fresh food but Its somethIng she cant afford wIthout the help o
Reports in a few areas of people waiting a little longer to get a pcr test when they go in person and some more stats out today for england showing that the number who got their result back from a pcr test within 24 hours was down to 63%, down from 77%, and that s the lowest performance number since january. so it s all part of this overall story of the consequences of cases rising quite rapidly and warnings that hospital numbers will go up, but we should always remember the difference from when we ve had previous situations like this is the vaccines are there, they are protecting people from serious illness or from not surviving in hospital. but there are other consequences for the economy and for staff and their employers, as we ve been hearing. staff and their employers, as we ve been hearing- staff and their employers, as we ve been hearinu. , . , ., been hearing. hugh pym, many thanks. it s 1:17 been hearing. hugh pym, many thanks. it s1:17 - been hearing. hugh pym, many thanks.