holidays as the government says fully vaccinated uk travellers coming back from amber list countries won t have to isolate afterjuly 19th. local authorities across england say they face a £3 billion shortfall in their budgets over the next three years. the olympic flame arrives in tokyo, two weeks before the games. but no spectators are allowed. and as anticipation continues to build for the euro 2020 final, we ll be hearing from some of the players ahead of england vs italy. welcome to bbc news. metropolitan police officer wayne couzens has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to the murder of sarah everard. the 33 year old disappeared as she walked home in clapham in south london in march this year. her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford in kent. the head of the metropolitan police, cressida dick, said outside court she was sickened and angered by the crimes committed by couzens. our special correspondent lucy manning is at the old bailey, and she gave us a
health officials consider making the nhs covid app less sensitive, to avoid millions of people having to self isolate this summer. new research confirms that for children, there s an extremely low risk of severe illness or death from covid 19. authors of a new report say that front line care workers supporting elderly or disabled people in england, are underpaid by £7,000 per year. local authorities across the uk say they face a £3 billion shortfall in their budgets over the next three years as the country emerges from the pandemic. and at 9:30, bbc sport looks ahead to today s wimbledon semi final clash between novak djokovic and denis shapovalov. good morning. holiday companies are reporting a surge in bookings following the decision to allow fully vaccinated uk residents to return to england from amber list countries without having to self isolate. but there are warnings from immigration officials of lengthy delays at the uk border, as international travel continues to
despite this week s reopenings, there are fears that could be an unwelcome plot twist. the bigger shows, like matilda, hamilton and the lion king are more expensive to stage and plan to return only after the next easing of rules, where they can fill the seats without social distancing. that is expected on the 21st ofjune, but if it is delayed, there will be questions about whether the shows can go on. ben boulos, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here is chris fawkes. another day where you keep the umbrella handy, loads of showers and today s massive shower clouds bursting through the blue sky is about six miles high, clouds that big bring hefty downpours and we had seen plenty of those. these troughs are pushing away in this direction, meaning many across england will see downpours today and we have another of these features waiting to come and we have another of these features waiting to come in across south west england and probably southern wales too. so heavy dow
it feels completely wrong to be in a situation it feels completely wrong to be in a situation morally, first of all, where situation morally, first of all, where we situation morally, first of all, where we are allowing that to happen, where we are allowing that to happen, whilst in many countries, vaccines happen, whilst in many countries, vaccines are happen, whilst in many countries, vaccines are being rolled out to younger vaccines are being rolled out to younger and younger populations at very low younger and younger populations at very low risk. police prepare to excavate a cafe in gloucester, searching for mary bastholm. she disappeared in 1968, and it s thought she may have been murdered by the serial killer, fred west. when mary went missing in 1968, she was wearing a blue coat, a blue and white dress and a blue bag. from looking at the material, i can t say if it s a bag or a coat or dress but what i can say is, it s a blue bit of material within withi
two state solution and is the only answer. and it s back the fun and festivities are under way, though covid safe the eurovision song contest is in full voice again. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. photographs on instagram purport to show princess latifa al maktoum, the daughter of the ruler of dubai who has not been seen for months. in february, bbc panorama broadcast a secret video testimony from princess latifa where she said she was being held as a hostage by herfamily and feared for her life. the bbc is unable to verify the images. our reporter nawal al maghafi has more. all we know is what we can see in the photo. the princess who vanished reappears. at least that is what this photograph suggests. princess latifa has not been seen or heard of in months. she attempted to escape from dubai in 2018. i months. she attempted to escape from dubai in 2018- dubai in 2018. i am a hostage and this villa is dubai in 2018. i am a hostage a