temperatures across the uk rose with a level three alert, and some rider means the uk could be hosting next year s eurovision contest. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk s second busiest airport says it will limit the number of flights across the peak summer period because it hasn t got enough staff. gatwick airport said it was aimed at creating a more reliable service for passengers. usually 900 flights run a day, but it ll be 825 injuly, and 850 in august. it comes after the government and regulators wrote to airlines telling them to make sure their summer timetables were deliverable . the decision means thousands of people will have their holiday plans disrupted, as theo leggett reports. this is what airlines and airports want to avoid. over easter and around the jubilee holiday, hundreds of flights were cancelled. some while passengers were preparing to board. people want to travel, but staff shortages at airlines and ground handling companies have become a s
of those infected during the omicron wave registered long covid symptoms compared to 10 per cent during delta. the first ever women s health ambassador for england has been appointed a role aimed at helping to close the gender gap in healthcare. dame lesley regan will take up the position after more than four decades working in the sector. she says she intends to use her position to address the inequalities that exist across society. i think the emphasis i really would like to have is on the things that affect most women all the time, because often they are not talked about and that s where i think we have the biggest morbidity, if you like, and waste of resources. so many women leaving school or their education or their workplace because they can t cope with their periods or they re finding the menopause too stressful. so we must do things that are going to actually allow women to get on with their lives.
membership. she was suggesting the tube would not be treated in any special way. tube would not be treated in any specialway. but tube would not be treated in any special way. but actually the pace at which it has progressed has been quicker than other applications will stop it has been accelerated procedure so far from ukraine but at the end of the day it needs to match requirements to meet the eu legal and financial structures and it has to show it would be capable of joining the euro. there are member states who are pretty hesitant about the idea of what s called enlargement of the eu circles, expanding the size of the eu, because they already think there s a lot to sort out within the existing set of member states and they are nervous expanding further but there was pressure on the eu to send positive signals to ukraine given it is fighting a war. is fighting a war. jessica parker in brussels, thank is fighting a war. jessica parker in brussels, thank you. the first ever women