she ll be celebrating seven decades on the throne. and who s afraid of the big brown bear? not this american teenager, who fought it off to save her three pet dogs. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, on the bbc news channel, fans return to lord s. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there s a row this lunchtime over the government s plans to help school children in england catch up on education they ve missed out on because of the pandemic. the government is promising to spend eli; billion on tutoring sessions for pupils who have fallen behind. but teaching unions have descibed the plans as a damp squib and hugely disappointing . it s understood the treasury baulked at a more ambitious plan costing about £10 billion. our education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. these are our reception children. this is our screen community primary and halifax. some of the children have missed nearly a year in school learning. have missed nearly a year in sch
hello and welcome to bbc news. leaders of the g7 group of wealthy nations have been attending a lavish reception hosted by queen elizabeth to highlight the need to tackle climate change. the eden project, in south west england, consists of a series of bio domes housing the world s largest indoor ra i nfo rest. let s ta ke let s take a look. here is the queen with the uk prime minister borisjohnson and the french president emmanuel macron. on the second day of the summit, the leaders are expected to sign a declaration aiming at preventing further global pandemics. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg. getting to this remote part of the country isn t easy. they ve come from five continents to cornwall. but the winding last mile of the journies of the most powerful leaders in the world ended down on the beach. coronavirus kept prime ministers, presidents and millions of us apart. but now the leaders of some of the most powerful democracies in the world are lini
we look at what s on the new note and why it matters. good morning from me and from tom, jerry and band. three alpacas who live in the heart of london. city farms have been bringing wildlife into urban areas. during the pandemic they have been doing a lot more as well. defeat for wales, in their first world cup qualifier. despite taking an early lead, belguim are just too strong, with kevin de bruyner on target for the number one ranked team, in the world. for the next few days we are looking at sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be wintry mostly on higher ground. at times it will be windy. all the details coming up later in the programme. it s thursday the 25th of march. our top story. the uk and the european union have taken a step towards resolving a dispute over access to covid vaccines, as eu leaders prepare to vote on controversial plans to restrict exports. the two sides say they re working on a win win solution after the eu blamed its slow rollout on the