If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And the queen and Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. Good morning. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. The research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when theres a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. Researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76 effective for up to three months after the first shot, while p
Later in the day, some more cloud and persistent rain pushing into the south west. 18 23. Let me show you next week. It starts on a fairly unsettled note, but by the end of the week, there are some signs that it may start to turn drier and indeed a little warmer again. Thanks, ben. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. Goodnight. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im hugh ferris. Our headlines this evening. On the Premier Leagues opening night, a star is leaving the stage. Harry kane is on the move to munich. Of those who are still here, a £111 million man. Liverpool agreed to break the british Transfer Record for Moises Caicedo the fourth of spain make the last four for the previous champions. And it was nail biting against nigeria. Now the lionesses Have Columbia to overcome to reach the semifinals. A
They have set their with the boss a Player Lastjune and the season, the 40 Player Lastjune and the season, the 4 0 defeat in one of his other former clubs around madrid left them on the two points outside of the relegation places. Tennis, they are in action looking to make the Quarterfinal Stage of in action looking to make the Quarter Final Stage of the tournament and applicant hungary and currently 2 1 in the first set at the moment going third in that nice of her early stages and the spaniard who will be perhaps buoyed by another Novak Djokovic exit and cruising past the scene in the previous round. Strange to see them leave the tour for live golf speaking ahead of defending his title at the players championship and he will miss competing against him but the tour must move on. He was him but the tour must move on. He was always someone him but the tour must move on. He was always someone that i love competing against that is something we talked about after the cup. Weve had some goo
Attempt to cut costs and deter migrants attempting to come to the uk illegally by boat. Also on the programme, the standoff in niger continues. The countrys coup leaders have closed nigers airspace until further notice, citing the threat of Military Invervention from neighbouring powers. Arizonas blistering heat wave continues as us President Biden heads to the state to promote his clean energy plans. And the american millionaire allegedly working with the Chinese Government to influence politics in the west. Ill speak to the New York Times reporter behind the investigation. First lets focus on the barge for Asylum Seekers here in the uk. The government hopes that around 500 men can be housed on board the vessel called the bibby stockholm. But so far, just 15 are on board. Ministers say the barge will be better value for taxpayers than hotel rooms, which are costing more than six Million Pounds a day. There have been concerns about conditions on board, but the government insists the ba