The 30 minutes waiting in the box in the plane, waiting for the plane to take off, were probably the longest period of wait i ve ever experienced in my life. And heading to tokyo the mother of all comebacks for olympic rower helen glover. And coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel england chase down a record score at edgbaston in the third one day international to beat pakistan and claim a series clean sweep. Good evening. Scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has confirmed that covid restrictions will be eased from monday, but face coverings will remain mandatory for some time to come. In what is a more cautious approach than england s, scotland will relax social distancing to one metre inside public spaces and ease but not lift the restrictions on the number of people allowed to meet in homes. Ms sturgeon said it was to protect the vulnerable in society. It comes as the uk has recorded its highest daily death toll since early april. Here s our medical editor fergus
It s an adjective. It s even a verb. It s hard to think of a company with a quicker rise to fame than zoom. A major beneficiary of lives in lockdown, the zoom boom, it seems, is set to continue. Revenues up almost three fold from a year ago. Sales forecasts upgraded. The video conferencing company is expecting remote working and online learning to become the new normal. Are they right? let s get the view of amanda cooper, editor at business insider. Once greater numbers of people are given the option to work and play face to face, won t zoom taper off? this is on the amount of the analysts are looking at this company, can it continue to grow at the same unprecedented levels that we ve seen? and judging from what zoom have said in their own earnings release, they are still very upbeat on the outlook. As you say, they are betting on leveraging that kind of hybrid working model it seems that most workers say they want to go to along with some online school as well. Interesting that they d
Lumber. It s all more expensive. Gas is up 56% over last year. This is a crisis. In a brandnew axial focus group, only 3 out of 13 voters said they felt the u. S. Economy is booming while most feared and impending collapse be of the group is also worried about unemployment and blamed the government for so many people out of work. Nearly all of the voters believe that people are not looking for jobs because they make more from claiming unemployment benefits. Unfortunately, the economy is just one of the many crisis on unfolding. Two iranian warships are sailing across the atlantic. They are likely headed to venezuela. To reportedly deliver seven fast attack ships that could be used to used to interrupt key american supply routes along the panama canal. It s unclear if the biden administration has any plans to stop this or any potential arms deal. There are also concerns that biden s upcoming meeting with vladimir putin will be a disaster. Today the russian president sat down with and bc
Meats, fruits, vegetables lumber. It s all more expensive. Gas is up 56% over last year. This is a crisis. In a brandnew axial focus group, only 3 out of 13 voters said they felt the u. S. Economy is booming while most feared and impending collapse be of the group is also worried about unemployment and blamed the government for so many people out of work. Nearly all of the voters believe that people are not looking for jobs because they make more from claiming unemployment benefits. Unfortunately, the economy is just one of the many crisis unfolding. Two iranian warships are sailing across the atlantic. They are likely headed to venezuela. To reportedly deliver seven fast attack ships that could be used to used to interrupt key american supply routes along the panama canal. It s unclear if the biden administration has any plans to stop this or any potential arms deal. There are also concerns that biden s upcoming meeting with vladimir putin will be a disaster. Today the russian preside
france s adrian mannarinbo. nadal eventually won the tie break 16 14, but after that it was plain sailing, nadal winnig the next two sets 6 2. nadal remember has only won the australian open once back in 2009. he ll play denis shapovalov next. there s been something of a shock in the women s draw the fifth seed maria sakkari from greece is out. she lost in straight sets to americanjessica pegula, who is seeded at 21. pegula will face either top seed ashleigh barty or american compatriot amanda anisimova. ash barty is up in that match. it s seems batting collapses aren t just an issue for the england men s test cricket team after the t20 side were thrashed by west indies. jason holder took four wickets as england were bowled out forjust 103 runs in barbados in theirfirst of a five match series. brandon king top scored for the home side and hit the winning runs as west indies took victory by nine wickets. the second t20 is this evening. there s been more frustration for eng