the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr
the premier league approve a £4 billion takeover of chelsea football club by a consortium led by la dodgers co owner todd boehly. manchester united and england. marcus rashford s debut book wins stock prizes. we ll be talking to the co author at 8:45pm. good evening. welcome to bbc news. there are more questions for the government tonight over behaviour in downing street during covid lockdowns. for the first time, insiders who attended gatherings there have told the bbc that parties were routine and they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before. they say staff sat on each other s laps at a leaving do in november 2020, where the prime minister has now been pictured, and that security guards were laughed at when they tried to stop one party from taking place. borisjohnson s spokesman says he takes the accusations very seriously . the prime minister remains under pressure over his attendance at the leaving party a year and a half
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The public sector. thank you very much. some breaking news now from the us from the white house. presidentjoe biden has tested negative for covid, this is after he had to isolate for a number of days following a positive test result. he s still been working and the white house had put out videos and still photos of him working at his desk and leaning on the balcony of the white house to reassure people that he was fine. the worst he seems to have suffered is a very runny nose at one point according to his doctor. he s going to carry on wearing a facemask for the next ten days. joe biden was a sticklerfor the next ten days. joe biden was a stickler for wearing the next ten days. joe biden was a sticklerfor wearing his the next ten days. joe biden was a stickler for wearing his facemask last year during the pandemic, the lockdown stages of the pandemic. he s been encouraging americans to wear facemasks. he s been encouraging americans to wearfacemasks. we re going he s been encouraging a
In shanghai, locking down 25 million people, instead of pursuing the core problem at this stage which is the lack of booster shots. people in scotland no longer need to wearfacemasks in indoor public places from today. it s the final part of the uk to remove the legal requirement, which has been replaced by public health advice. the scottish government has advised people to continue wearing face coverings while covid case numbers remain high. joining me now from glasgow is our news correspondent jamie mcivor. jamie, today the attention has been taken away from that, with a lot of focus on scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon and an incident where she wasn t wearing a facemask, albeit briefly? albeit briefly? yes, that has been an interesting albeit briefly? yes, that has been an interesting political albeit briefly? yes, that has been an interesting political row- albeit briefly? yes, that has been an interesting political row here l albeit briefly? yes, that has been| an in