hello, this is bbc news with me, shaun ley.e that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly, a month ahead of schedule. it's because of the success of the vaccine roll out that we are able to do that and that will have an impact on how quickly we will all be able to return to normal, which is obviously what everyone wants to see. borisjohnson meets ministers and scientific advisers to put the final touches to plans to bring england out of lockdown. a pioneering breakthough for children needing a heart transplant — a machine that keeps hearts beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. coming up at a quarter to eight p:m., willjoin the team from sports day. now on bbc news, for the first time since captain sir tom moore's death, his family have been speaking to the bbc about his life and legacy, their pride in his achievements and adjusting to life without him. a warning this programme contains flashing images. music. to the outside world, captain sir tom moore was a veteran

hello, this is bbc news — with shaun ley.eadlines: with 15 million now vaccinated — the goverment says it's hit the first covid vaccination target a day early. it has been a truly national uk—wide effort. we have done it together. and i want to thank each and every person who has helped make it happen. you can be incredibly proud of the part you have played. the prime minister is under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april — ministers urge caution. anger in myanmar as armoured vehicles appear on the streets of yangon — there are reports of an overnight internet blackout. prince harry and meghan markle have announced that they're expecting a second child — a spokesperson for the couple says they're "�*overjoyed." now on bbc news — donald trump was the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, and the first to be put on trial after leaving office. in a special programme, christian fraser takes a look at an unprecedented moment in us history. it was an unpre

hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley.eadlines: a pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. it's because of the success of the vaccine rollout that we are able to do that and that will have an impact on how quickly we will all be able to return to normal, which is obviously what everyone wants to see. borisjohnson meets ministers and scientific advisers to put the final touches to plans to bring england out of lockdown. a pioneering breakthough for children needing a heart transplant — a machine that keeps hearts beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show — taking on the tuk—tuks in sri lanka. the best thing about driving a tuk—tuk is that you just can take in all the gorgeous scenery. climbing for coconuts in kerala. ha! this is tough! and a journey of a lifetime in pakistan. it feels quite serious now. i have not seen ed. i don't know what condition he is in. hell

hello, i'm shaun ley.s is the programme that brings together leading commentators, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who film and report for the folks back home, with the dateline, london. this week, how patient will people be as the number of covid patients decline. peaceful but persistent in myanmar but what will make the generals listen? and the not so splendid isolation of north korea. the dateline panel this week, we're hoping to bejoined shortly by the italian journalist and documentary filmmaker annalisa piras. jef mcallister is already with us. he's former white house diplomatic correspondent and ex london bureau chief for time magazine. he is also a lawyer so i will be minding my ps and os. and with me in the studio, celia hatton, the bbc�*s asia—pacific editor. great to have you with us. let's begin with the practical questions of the world not being able to vaccinate itself out of the covid pandemic. although the uk's progress inoculating its citizens has been widely praised, the st

hello, i'm shaun ley.come to the programme which brings together some of the uk's foreign columnists, bbc specialists filed their stories from the dateline london. this week, business blues over brexit, life after lockdown, and the trump trial, what will be america's verdict? to discuss all that, i'm joined by stefanie bolzen, the uk and ireland correspondent for the german newspaper die welt and the news site welt. steve richards, political columnist who streams his show rock and roll politics which i guess makes you, steve, some kind of one—man tribute band for the political classes! welcome to you both. i am joined by two guests to discuss that. welcome, lovely to have you here. and clive myriejoined me in the studio, long—standing bbc foreign correspondent and news presenter. and welcome to you at home. if you are watching anywhere in the world, have you eaten cornish sole? renaming is the fishing industry's response to trading issues encountered since brexit. it is notjust exports to the eu. northern

this is bbc news with me, shaun ley.g's papers in a moment. first, though, the headlines this hour: borisjohnson is expected to announce the reopening of schools and relaxed rules on socialising in england for next month, when he speaks in the house of commons tomorrow afternoon. the government pledges that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — one month ahead of schedule. it's because of the success of the vaccine rollout that we're able to do that, and that will have an impact on how quickly we'll all be able to return to normal, which is obviously what everybody wants to see. and a pioneering breakthough for children needing a heart transplant — a machine that keeps hearts beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, the personalfinance journalist anne ashworth and the chief sports reporter for the sun, martin lipton. welcome back to both of you. tomorrow's front pag

hello, i'm shaun ley.come to the programme, which brings together some of the uk's leading commentators, bbc specialists, and those journalists who've worked as foreign correspondents, filing stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week: will there be enough vaccine doses? the uk closes its doors to some but infuriates china by opening them to kong hongers. and what a disputed prime ministerial visit tells us about the future of the union. 0n dateline�*s panel this week: janet daley, whose columns appear weekly in the sunday telegraph. jeffrey kofman is a former tv anchor and foreign correspondent in canada and the united states. and here with me in the studio is vincent knee, a china specialist with bbc world news. warm welcome to all of you. the european commission has been piling pressure on the vaccine manufacturer astrazeneca all week, angry that millions of doses it agreed to supply to the eu before the end of march may be cut by up to 60% because of manufacturing problems. yet,

this is bbc news with me, shaun ley.ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines — six cases of the brazilian variant of coronavirus are found in the uk for the first time. ahead of this week's budget, an early announcement of help for struggling businesses — £5 billion in grants. more than 20 million people in the uk have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. a violent crackdown by troops in myanmar — at least 18 people are killed in protests against the military coup. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain anderson. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the i leads on the news that six cases of the brazilian variant of coronavirus have now been discovered in the uk and highlights the fact that one of the infected travellers remains unidentified. that story also the lead for the telegraph. the paper says t

shaun ley is here next week. i will be back in a couple of weeks.vering of snow for some into the morning, but the heaviest snow, covered by met office amber warning, parts of east anglia in towards kent. that weather warning will finally lapse as the snow turning a bit later and patch year into the morning. only a few flurries into the west as we start the day, but wherever you are comes that risk of ice. some western areas will see the odd flurry through the day. many here will be dry, best chance of some sunshine. we will see some more showers across the eastern areas, but with strong winds they will start to align themselves into snow quarters. one particular one, potentially from lincolnshire through the peak district and another one aberdeenshire and kinross. under those committee could see some significant snow which could cause disruption. either side of that, not much snow at all. all of those easterly winds themselves known. temperatures in the thermometers around zero to three degrees. 0ut there the wind—chill will be substantial. the str

this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley — the headlines at seven.ith 15 million new vaccinated — the goverment says it's hit the first covid vaccination target a day early. the prime minister is under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. ministers urge caution. anger in myanmar as armoured vehicles appear on the streets of yangon — there are reports of an overnight internet blackout. president trump, cleared at his second impeachment trial suggests he could make a political comeback. and — skating on thin ice — a rare winter event could return to the netherlands thanks to the cold weather — but will covid restrictions sink it? good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has announced that 15 million people in the uk have now had theirfirst dose of coronavirus vaccine — hailing it as "an extraordinary feat". borisjohnson said jabs had been offered to everyone in the top four priority groups in england — that's all those aged 70 and over, care home staff and residents and the clinically extremel

she explained to my colleague shaun ley why they are starting trials for this age range.s intended for trials to be conducted in children. and we are very happy to be able to start that this weekend. we know that the majority of admissions are of adults, and of older adults. there are a very small number of children who do get admitted who are very unwel. and it may be that a very select group of children would benefit from vaccination. yes, it's a great point. you're absolutely right. sadly, some children have died. but, statistically, it is a very small number. which doesn't in any way diminish the awful impact for the families that have lost children or have had children seriously affected and are living with the consequences of the infection. but presumably getting to this stage is almost, in a sense, a good sign of your confidence in the vaccine itself? yes, you're absolutely right. the trial so far, conducted across several countries, have given us great safety and efficacy data. which gives us more confidence when we are heading into a trial in this younger age gro

been a really momentous week with huge ripples and perhaps unsurprising as we see change coming shaun leynk you for watching and bye for now. hello there. it has been called the beast from the east two a the beast from the east two stronger easterly wind bring a stronger easterly wind will bring snow more widely to the uk but an icy start following earlier wet weather. more snow showers streaming into scotland and northern england and by this stage we see snow when the south—east of england and east anglia. this area will see the heaviest of the snow, there is an amber warning from the met office and blizzards and drifting as well as that wind starts to strengthen. it is not going to be snowing here, we will find snow falling widely through the day across the south—east of england and east anglia so disruption is quite likely by the end of the day. further north those snow showers running on of the north sea across scotland, northern england north a couple for northern ireland, dry towards the south—west and perhaps into parts of the midlands as well but we will have a much stronger wind

earlier he spoke to my colleague shaun ley about the challenges he faces i've said today, directly toe a lot of work to do to rebuild your trust in us as a political party. that's what i've said today directly to the _ that's what i've said today directly to the people of scotland, but i know _ to the people of scotland, but i know we've got a lot to do to rebuild — know we've got a lot to do to rebuild your trust in us as a political— rebuild your trust in us as a political party. i recognise that over recent times, you haven't had the scottish labour party you deserve, and i'm going to work day and night to give the scottish labour party, i believe it needs and deserves, so we can rebuild our country. you have mentioned the election not faraway, and i think going into that election, the focus for us is got to be and what unites us as a country rather than what divides us. and that is what my politics are all about. i want to bring our diverse communities together so we can rebuild the country we love. i think if we focus on what unites us rather than what divides us, we can build a

this is bbc news with shaun ley. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings paper's in a moment.coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. it's because of the success of the vaccine rollout that we are able to do that and that will have an impact on how quickly we will all be able to return to normal, which is obviously what everyone wants to see. boris johnson finalises plans to bring england out of lockdown, ahead of his announcement on easing restrictions tomorrow. a pioneering breakthough for children needing a heart transplant — a machine that keeps hearts beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are personalfinance commentator anne ashworth and martin lipton, chief sports reporter at the sun. in a moment, we'll run through the papers but first... i think we will be talking a lot about the prime minister's route mapped out which has been leaked to the

shaun ley is here next week. i will be back in a couple of weeks.iting today, thanks to easterly winds, and we will also have those tomorrow. the threat for some today of heavy, disruptive snowfall. the met office have marked out an area across parts of east anglia and the south—east that could be at risk of up to 20 centimetres of snow falling. this is the tail end of storm darcy, bringing with it strong winds, so blizzard and drifting, an additional hazard. to the north, with a keen easterly wind, quite a few showers across northern england and into scotland as well. some areas will avoid them and see some decent sunshine, but even in the sunshine it will feel particularly raw. these are the temperatures you would read on the thermometer, but we have to factor in the chilling effect of that easterly wind and actually step outside and for many it will feel closer to somewhere between —3 and —5. the easterly wind particularly strong as we head into monday as well, and those shower streaming further westwards. this is bbc news with the latest headlin

i'm shaun ley. the government says it has no plans to introduce "vaccine passports". of course, you have the evidence that you have been vaccinated held by your gp. and if other countries require you to show proof of that evidence, then that is obviously up to those countries. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine offers limited protection against mild disease caused by the south african variant of covid—19, but scientists say it will still help to beat the pandemic. we may not be reducing the total number of cases, but there's still protection, in that case, against deaths, hospitalisations and severe disease. a himalayan glacier collapses, sending a wall of water and rock down river in northern india. at least nine people have died and officials say up to 200 people are unaccounted for. heavy snow could bring significant disruption to the south—east of england in the coming hours,

i'm shaun ley, and this is the programme which brings together leading commentators, bbc specialiststient will people be as the number of covid patients declines? peaceful but persistent in myanmar, but what will make the generals listen? and the not so splendid isolation of north korea. the dateline panel this week: the italian journalist and documentary film maker annalisa piras, jeff mcallister, a former white house and diplomatic correspondent and ex—london bureau chief for time. he's also a lawyer, so i'll be minding my ps and 0s. and with me in the studio, celia hatton, the bbc�*s asia pacific editor.

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mr navalny had called the case a smear campaign hello, i'm shaun ley.s is the programme that brings together leading commentators, specialists and commentators who film reports for the folks back home. this week, for the folks back home. this week. how — for the folks back home. this week, how patient _ for the folks back home. this week, how patient will people be as vaccinations declined. peaceful in myanmar but what will make the generals listen. and the not so splendid isolation of north korea. we hope to bejoined by annalise. jeffrey is already with us. a former white house diplomatic correspondent and ex— london bureau chief stop he is also a lawyer so i will need to mind my peas and cues. and celia hatton, the asia—pacific editor. great to have you with us. let's begin with the practical questions of the world not being able to vaccinate —— vaccinate itself out of the covid pandemic. although the uk's progress in inoculating citizens has been widely praised, the statement expected on monday from boris johnson on exiting lockdown is likely to be h

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i'm shaun ley, and this is the programme which brings together leading commentators, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who film and report for audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: how patient will people be as the number of covid patients declines? peaceful but persistent in myanmar, but what will make the generals listen? and the not so splendid isolation of north korea. the dateline panel this week: the italian journalist and documentary film maker annalisa piras, jeff mcallister, a former white house and diplomatic correspondent and ex—london bureau chief for time. he's also a lawyer, so i'll be minding my ps and os. and with me in the studio, celia hatton, the bbc�*s asia pacific editor. the practical questions of the world are being able to vaccinate itself out of the covid pandemic. so although the uk's progress innoculating its citizens has been widely praised, the statement expected monday from borisjohnson on exiting lockdown is likely to be heavy with caveats. saturday's newspapers were full of good news. some speculation but a concrete com

shaun ley is here next week. i will be back in a couple of weeks. and we have some standing surface water. here comes that cold air from scandinavia for sunday, all the way south across the uk. this is storm darcy, named by the dutch met service, pulling off into the continent. this front, though, doesn't pull out of the way very quickly. so the met office is now concerned enough about the threat that piling up the snow across parts of east anglia and kent that an amber warning for the risk of disruption has been issued here. we could see in some areas up to 20 centimetres of snow and blizzard conditions because those easterly winds will be particularly gusty. also, the likelihood of some of that snow drifting. this exact line of how far west snow pushes is a little bit subject to question, as we get closer to the time, we should be able to pinpoint that for you more. but that's the area most likely to be badly hit on sunday. further north, snow showers streaming across northern england and scotland. many sheltered western areas, though, seeing some