so, this is a question for fiona, that i think it's helpful if council members think about fiona, this is regarding the changes to taxi usage capacity for market street that the mta board recently passed on januarr positive vote. we were told that cabs can't be in the center lane because it would slow down muni buses. i've twice asked in e-mails to two separate staff a, how many buses now are there operating on market, b, when the subway opens, how many will there be? i've not gotten any answers despite, as i say, multiple requests to two people. i'm wondering, have you board of directors, been told or have any of you asked, how many buses now and how many in the future? because that allows us to better understand why mta is saying you can't put cabs in the center lane. otherwise, it's just like we're accepting staff's word with no statistics, no information, no data. all the different statements that we march from city government for years, data driven, data driven, when there ain't no data given out and we asked for it, it raises doubts about whether staff really a, has researched th

fiona, best of luck for the bridewell reopening - long time. fiona, best of luck for.e. fiona, best of luck for- the bridewell reopening tomorrow and we wish you good fortune and lots of sunshine this week.— sunshine this week. thanks very much. sunshine this week. thanks very much- thank— sunshine this week. thanks very much. thank you. _ sunshine this week. thanks very much. thank you. fiona - sunshine this week. thanks very much. thank you. fiona hoping | sunshine this week. thanks very i much. thank you. fiona hoping to finall aet much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out _ much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out of _ much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out ofjail. _ much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out of jail. she - much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out of jail. she is i much. thank you. fiona hoping to finally get out of jail. she is been | finally get out ofjail. she is been stuck in there for months and i'm sure is very grateful. no bookings so you know you are going to be insured something. david cameron says he

barbara norris and fiona gill, thank you both so much.ny objections we received to the coverage of prince philip's death, there was also a much smaller number of compliments paid to how the bbc handled it, and his funeral last weekend. but following the latter, this discussion on saturday evening between royal correspondents nicholas witchell and huw edwards also produced some negative reaction. so far as one can understand, william feels very disappointed, let down, harry feels resentful. now, what sort of interaction has there been? well, there was minimal so far as we could see interaction between them as they walked down to the chapel. there were some engagement, we saw there, as they walked away after the service — harry talking to catherine, william seemed to be rather reluctant to engage initially. anne munroe was watching that and sent us this e—mail. anna also took objection to the discussion. well, we put that point to the bbc news, and they told us: away from royal matters, the pandemic has hit india particularly hard this week

fiona: you want to be exposed to cyclical sectors.been very -- last year because of the lockdowns. you want to profit from currencies which are cyclical. also in dollar, you want to be exposed to commodities. you don't want to be exposed to too much defensive asset because it has a negative asymmetry. we believe bonds will be going up and your corporate credit, not so much. equities cyclicals, commodities, some currencies, bond inflation. manus: the other note i was reading over the weekend, fiona, is about the repricing in the bond markets. vaccination ramps up, reopening roles out, and therefore, reflation trade is underpriced. bones could rally by some 15 bits to -.15 from -.30. do you see that as a proposition on end underpriced reopening? fiona: i think there is room to go when you see the difference of where the u.s. is. when they yield is going up, whether they yields are going down so you can see the reopening in the reflation are very dependent on the situation. for the moment, it's the race between vaccine and the fact that

fiona, do you remember who that is? >> it's schirtz. >> but a republican. and it says on the elephant pretty much let sleeping dogs lie. and this guy in the foreground, thomas bedard? he's trying to keep the democrats from doing something really economically dumb, you know, pulling him back off from the cliff. let's go to the next one. and here is an election where the republicans win but they get beat up really badly in the process. so, anyway, he institutionalizes these images of the elephant being the republicans and the donkeys being the democrats. and we still use it today, like, for instance, the next cartoon. this is my cartoon. and this is about the amy coney barrett confirmation. the democrats saying amy coney barrett, the elephant says, what, you mean catholic? listen to this atheist bigot smear a woman for her faith. and the donkey says i'm not -- oh, so now you're calling me a liar? look at me being persecuted. so, it's a handy shorthand to use when you're doing cartoons. okay. let's go to the last one. this is kind of personal. i'm here in utah

fiona, do you member what that is? sure it's. shirts. a republican. it says on the elephant pretty much let sleeping dogs lie. their economic plan seems to be okay. the guy in the foreground, thomas, he is trying to keep the democrats from doing something really economically dame. pulling it back off from the cliff. let's go to the next one. and here is an election where republicans win, but they get beat up over the process. so he institutionalize is the images of the elephant being the republicans, donkeys been democrats. we still use it today. for instance, next cartoon. this is my cartoon. this is about the amy coney barrett confirmation. the democrats saying that amy coney barrett, the elephant says, what catholic? listen to this atheist bigot smear a woman for her fate. the donkey says no. now you are calling me a liar? look at me being persecuted. so it is a handy shorthand to use when you are doing cartoons. let's look at the last one. this is kind of personal. i am here in utah. salt lake city, utah. one of the things that you have to know ab

you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want.ething about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort to buy locally. during this pandemic, this is what i've been doing, is going to my businesses. crystal way and a number of other crystal shops, they've been taking all my money, and plant shops have been taking all my money. i have a candle obsession, and i've been buying som

thanks, fiona. you're you're absolute right about his centrality to american cartooning and you have to kind of understand what? a media was like back then because back then media and magazines or i'm newspapers and magazines. were the media they were everything. and newspapers around the country every city in america had three four five newspapers and usually they were projecting some political view a but all these newspapers also had at least two or three cartoonists because you couldn't do photographs in the paper and he had to have somebody illustrate them. and so being a cartoonist back that was a viable thing to do today in america. i am competing with. the internet the facebook with twitter and you know all these memes that are going around back then they owned all of it and thomas nast was one of the best and he was huge. i mean, he was a rock star back then, you know everybody knew who nassed was. anyway, let's go and this is why he's so influential. this is why these images are so influent

thank you, fiona. finally, some rain in ourforecast, it thank you, fiona. finally, some rain in our forecast, it has been so dry in our forecast, it has been so dry in recent weeks. evening sunshine and fine weather at the moment, but low pressure has been progressing across scotland through the day tomorrow. tomorrow, is sides further south and it will take the chance of rainfall along with it, into the south—west by wednesday and a greater chance of seeing showers then and across the south east and east anglia for thursday. the rain comes in the form of showers, so somewhat hit and miss, some areas see heavy downpours and some areas won't see much at all, drier spells in between. but the cloud spilling south over the uk tonight makes for a milder night, aside for counties of southern england and east anglia where there will be a first again to start tuesday. the best sunshine on tuesday, the highest temperatures as well. the odd shower into the south—west through the afternoon. further north, you can see the showers are more widespread, but they will be q

and now, as fiona lamdin reports, it's helping our understanding of long—covid, too.e for school. we first met and filmed with michele and her young family three decades ago. you don't remember that kitchen, do you? i do — yeah, i do, yeah. she was the very first mum to sign her daughter lyndsay up to the study back in 1991. i didn't really hesitate. i'd always been interested in health and i had an older daughter so i was keen to make sure that the girls were brought up eating well and being in the right kind of environment. i suppose i do worry about what she eats, probably more than anything. and since then, almost everything lyndsay has done has been watched and recorded — feeding into the biggest study ever done into children's health. fantastic, really. and to be the first one... ijust feel really privileged, to be honest, to be a part of it and to be able to help generations to come. may i officially... the professor behind the entire project still carries out research. she's 81. in my wildest dreams, i thought we might follow the children - until they were age

fiona, thank you for your time.cars. now the biden administration plans to do something about it today, it's holding a summit at the white house with bosses from the semiconductor and auto industries. but is that good news or bad news for the world's chip giants? katie silver has been finding out. chips have never been in more products and the global semiconductor shortage has brought factories around the world to a standstill. it is basically a perfect storm, when the pandemic hit, carmakers closed an order is stopped ordering chips. mark byatt, covid cause people to stay at home, increasing demand for cheap heavy goods like laptops, gaming consoles and 5g phones. so, tech companies swept into buyout that stocked. when the car industry recovered faster than expected, automakers race to buy the remaining supply of chips in the world was left short. 1 chips in the world was left short. ., ., , chips in the world was left short. . . i, short. i already see the booking _ short. i already see the booking into _ short. i

so, let's talk now to fiona gill and barbara norris. thank you both for coming on newswatch.d because i thought the coverage was absolutely

the good talk by joseph elliott narrated by fiona and gary furlong.allender narrated by rob utley or. say her name by the elliott. a black panther novel book one hi nick stone. narrated by -- we dream of space by aaron kelly narrated by ramon d ocampo. >> in the winner is. >> the good hot by joseph elliott narrated by fiona floating hammond yuri furlong. >> great job and for next category the age group that parents fear young adult and can i say that i am honored that i was a the judge in this year's young adult category. i got to listen to hours and hours of fantastic audio books. and now here are the finalist. >> clap when you land by elizabeth ahca dado narrated by elizabeth and maria louisa marte. everything said is untrue written and narrated by daniel diary. poison by jennifer darling narrated a rosie jones. the song below water by bethany c. amaro narrated i'd jennifer herald sun and andrea lange. this is my america by kim johnson narrated by bonnie turpin. and this ears audie for young adults goes to clap when you land by a elizabeth narrated

thank you, fiona. finally, some rain in ourforecast, it thank you, fiona.ough the day tomorrow. tomorrow, is sides further south and it will take the chance of rainfall along with it, into the south—west by wednesday and a greater chance of seeing showers then and across the south east and east anglia for thursday. the rain comes in the form of showers, so somewhat hit and miss, some areas see heavy downpours and some areas won't see much at all, drier spells in between. but the cloud spilling south over the uk tonight makes for a milder night, aside for counties of southern england and

you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want. there's something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort

yes, fiona. ithink yes, fiona.nclusions about the impact of the day's easing of restrictions in different parts of restrictions in different parts of the uk, whether the virus has spread further or not, it takes time for virus cases to develop. that is why we have got these five—week gaps between each stage of the road map, to allow for that assessment, and advice to the government about going to the next stage or not. 0fficials i speak to are reasonably confident so far. looking back at the reopening of schools from late february and early march around the uk, there had been an expectation that cases might increase in different communities with more people going in and out of schools, and pupils or parents may be going back to work, but that hasn't happened. the latest survey by the office for national statistics at the end of week last, covering the previous week when school terms continued before easter showed that in england and northern ireland there was a levelling off of cases but case rates continued fallin

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. >> the owner of fiona paid for the portrait. the portraits were done by artists from the frank bets center for the arts and other volunteers including amateur artists and schoolchildren. they did a good job. the results, though, were mixed, but they were just as cherished by the pets' owners. >> hello, it's definitely something that we'll do again. probably this summer, because we had people waiting to get their portraits done who didn't get in this time. >> i think they did a great job. let's check out more of them. last year alameda county residents stepped up with a mass adoption during the first lockdown. >> i liked the bunnies. they were very salvador dolly. >> that's going to do it for us. "nightly news" is next. >> we'll see you at 6:00. >> bye. >>> tonight, the urgent alert the cdc and fda recommending a pause in the johnson & johnson covid vaccine after rare reports of blood clots appointments for the one-shot vaccine canceled in all 50 states after six women developed blood clots, one of them dying our exclusive with a

a reminder, fiona, perhaps if we needed it, that the era of great power rivalry is very much back. , gary o'donoghue at the white house, thank you. _ new coronavirus restrictions are being imposed in turkey as its infection rate soars. it is now second in the world in terms of new cases, behind only india which has a population 16 times the size. doctors are warning hospitals could soon be overwhelmed and have accused president erdogan of having blood on his hands. our international correspondent, orla guerrin, reports from istanbul. another life hanging in the balance. turkey is gripped by a brutal third wave of covid—19. this is the intensive care unit in marmara university hospital, one of the biggest in istanbul. we found dr ali exhausted and scared. as cases soared last month, president erdogan appeared unconcerned. no social distancing for his supporters in ankara. "i greet you at this meeting where snowfall kills all germs," he said. ajoke, but look inside. the venue packed to the rafters for a congress of his justice and development party. attendees had to have a negative tes

it was potency fiona's boost and invention of i believe you saw on the almost night of the of the audibility his each word soon. in 1982 boys provoked west german society by melting down a replica of the crown worn by tsar ivan the terrible and creating his piece hair out of it it was a scam to the hair as a symbol of resurrection and alongside it was his crucifixion with 2 containers of blood. work such as these made him the best known artist in west germany but also the most controversial. for his room and stood guard from 1904 boys hung a work by andy warhol despite the obvious differences between the 2 world famous artists voice and warhol shared a mutual fascination for each other. 100 years after use of poisonous birth how much is there to discover about him that's really new for one thing he's under increased scrutiny for his life during the nazi era and for all the mythologizing of himself he did reeve writing his own biography and for the way he presented himself as a savior and prophet still voice doesn't leave people cold perhaps he's just the sort of artist the world needs right

fiona lamdin report from dartmoor, and just a warning there are some images you may find distressingome people out last night for a nice bank holiday walk with their dog, dog disappeared for five minutes, yeah. 0nly bit one sheep. neil cole lost 30 lambs and eight ewes after a dog chased some of his flock earlier this month. and to see ewes dead, lying in the field in distress, is, how do you explain that? i can only say, your heart sinks. why do you let your dogs off a field full of sheep? and he's not alone. in dartmoor, there have been 52 attacks on livestock reported so far this year. i'm getting calls almost daily about dog attacks. the injuries that sheep suffer through dogs are absolutely horrendous. in the hot weather, they can end up getting maggots onjust a small little bite mark, or the stress alone from chasing them can mean that they abort their lambs. it's a real problem. going to go short, back in, praise him back. there has been an 11% increase in pet ownership since lockdown, with many more of us now getting dogs. and that's why training courses like these are so imp

fiona hornsby is the owner and landlord of the bridewell pub in liverpool and is opening her doors tomorrow about what the last year has been like ahead of the reopening. when we closed last march, i don't think any of us thought we would still be here now, genuinely. i think if we had known, we might�*ve given up then. but we didn't and we dug in, and we're so proud of ourselves, and we're a small independent, and we're so proud of ourselves that we've made it through. notwithstanding the help and support we've had off the government and certainly off the liverpool city council, but also the customers have been fantastic in their support and messages of encouragement. have you been able to do sort of takeaways in the last few months or have you been completely shut? we've been completely shut. so we opened lastjuly and we got to october, because the pubs in liverpool got closed in october before anybody else. and so then we had six weeks where we could operate doing some take—out, which we did. we were then allowed to open for december, which was brilliant, and we were all looking forward

. >> hi, governor, fiona with the mercury news. the june 15th news, what standards about hospital rates, thresholds to make that decision? and secondly, will local jurisdictions be able to maintain stricter rules? >> look, at the end of the day, we will be very mindful of these variations, variants and mutations. we are mindful of disease spread. we will be mindful of hospitalizations. we will watch all of the above. making sure we are meeting the equity marks we set forth. by the way we went from two million vaccines 23 days ago to four million under the equity mark. we anticipate conservatively, again, that's just assuming an old pace. let's do the conservative pace. two and a half million doses last week by the end of this calendar month, north of 30 million people will be vaccinated with at least one dose in the state. or at least will have administered 30 plus million doses. i want to remind everybody, that in california currently, there are about 32 million people that are eligible to receive a dose of vaccine. so we are gett

. >> hi, governor, fiona with the mercury news. the june 15th news, what standards about hospital rates, thresholds to make that decision? and secondly, will local jurisdictions be able to maintain stricter rules? >> look, at the end of the day, we will be very mindful of these variations, variants and mutations. we are mindful of disease spread. we will be mindful of hospitalizations. we will watch all of the above. making sure we are meeting the equity marks we set forth. by the way we went from two million vaccines 23 days ago to four million under the equity mark. we anticipate conservatively, again, that's just assuming an old pace. let's do the conservative pace. two and a half million doses last week by the end of this calendar month, north of 30 million people will be vaccinated with at least one dose in the state. or at least will have administered 30 plus million doses. i want to remind everybody, that in california currently, there are about 32 million people that are eligible to receive a dose of vaccine. so we are gett

fiona lamdin, bbc news. about four minutes. the duke of cambridge has been vocal about the fact that the super league has now diminished. and disappeared. and he has been vocal about mental health, using the auspices of his presidency of the football association. he is also joining that boycott. time for a look at the weather. april may well have been quite a quiet month with a good deal of dry weather in the forecast, but the story really has been the overnight frost, hasn�*t it? as we close out april 2021, there has been a grass frost recorded somewhere in the uk for the whole of the month. but we close out the month perhaps on a little bit more of a tradition, with sunny spells and april showers. the showers so far have been pretty hit and miss, rolling in off the north sea. through the afternoon, further showers developing inland. the showers could be heavy, with a little bit of thunder mixed in there, even some hail, as well. if you dodge the showers and keep the sunshine, temperatures a little subdued

also want to thank state treasurer fiona mah for really allocating for this project at the state level, which, again, accelerates the financing and funding of this project. and, of course, also want to really thank mayor breed for pushing additional funding and sealing the gap, the financing gap really early onto ensure that we could make this project a reality. having 130-plus affordable -- family affordable housing units in the excelsior is extremely important, working with the neighborhood preference program. there's a lot of people that will be lined up and ready to go to apply for this. not to mention the fact this will be 100% union built, labor built project, and the city's subsidy is less than 300,000 a unit. comes out to a very, very affordable price for this type of housing, and that housing that's in need, so i'm very proud to have worked with the mayor's office of housing and their team, the community, all of the different people that were involved in pushing this forward in prioritizing and making this project a reality. it is actually currently being demolished as we spea

make the case that it was ukraine that interfered, as we heard that testimony in the impeachment from fionas russia misinformation, and that's why it goes to the heart on the attack of the integrity of american democracy. the tie in, as you indicated with january 6th is significant as well. jake talked about his meeting with other anchors with president biden, and i wrote about that that this week, too, and he wants to raise the stakes and say this is about whether democracy can exist a, and thiss what we saw with president trump trying to get ukraine involved in the 2020 election, and it didn't work and he got impeached. >> abby, the fact that this is a new doj, that some of these people were only confirmed a few weeks ago, how does that impact this investigation do you think? >> well, it seems to indicate that there has been a changing of the guard that is allowing this investigation to move forward at a pace that the u.s. attorneys in manhattan perhaps wanted it to months ago. after the election, after, you know, that had basically been settled, so it's a new administration, it's a new s

caller: fiona shots. host: this from a viewer, if you choose not to have an id, you may not be able to purchase alcohol, same with a passport. if you choose not to get one, you may not be able to attend public events. this story breaking down online, the biden administration saying that there will be a goal met by the end of may despite the contamination of millions of doses at a troubled manufacturing vicinity -- facility in baltimore and that officials who spoke anonymously on the sensitive matter that officials had spoken for more than a week on the arrangement with johnson & johnson taking over the facility. mill berry, massachusetts. caller: i am surprised that we need another bureaucracy. my main concern is the manufacture. i heard china manufactures 50% of our pharmaceutical products. it comes to mind, how come nancy pelosi didn't ok the $800 billion that donald trump did last year. he advocated putting that into it, putting it into the manufacturing of the pharmaceutical. could someone please answ

. >> hi, governor, fiona with the mercury news. the june 15th news, what standards about hospital rates, thresholds to make that decision? and secondly, will local jurisdictions be able to maintain stricter rules? >> look, at the end of the day, we will be very mindful of these variations, variants and mutations. we are mindful of disease spread. we will be mindful of hospitalizations. we will watch all of the above. making sure we are meeting the equity marks we set forth. by the way we went from two million vaccines 23 days ago to four million under the equity mark. we anticipate conservatively, again, that's just assuming an old pace. let's do the conservative pace. two and a half million doses last week by the end of this calendar month, north of 30 million people will be vaccinated with at least one dose in the state. or at least will have administered 30 plus million doses. i want to remind everybody, that in california currently, there are about 32 million people that are eligible to receive a dose of vaccine. so we are gett

. >> reporter: 1-year-old fiona bell is hospitalized in michigan, finally stable after nine days on life support. her mother recently with this urgent warning. >> it's not over, and we can't -- we can't let up because our most vulnerable communities are at risk. >> reporter: the vaccination race critical. but after six women suffered blood clots after receiving the johnson & johnson vaccine, some women, including one nurse, are nervous. >> it took me six months to get on board with vaccinating, and i continue to hope that i'm not one of the small very rare minority that has those devastating effects. >> reporter: health officials are investigating if there is a direct link between the johnson & johnson and those clots. meanwhile, a cdc advisory panel meets on friday to talk about next steps. dan? >> this is such a huge question. zohreen, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in abc's martha raddatz who is going to be hosting "this week" later this morning. martha, good morning. i know you have dr. fauci on the show this morning. has he given any indications about when he thinks that the g

. >> fiona hinze: my question is on the bart canopies. the west and admission one, i haven't looked at the funding plans for these. are these entirely funded by bonds so they willmiss issuance for those two projects ? >> jonathan rewers: with regard,charlotte you can help me. with the bart canopy project , that is funded within the hobart district is funded through ourgeodon's and some of our dollars . it was aa. aa was the bart bond. so that will contribute to som of the canopies in san francisco and fully fund the san francisco canopy that will be here .these addition projects charlotte has multiple funding plans and the geo bond closes that to fully fund the project. >> fiona hinze: thank you chair. >> chair borden: are there any other hands raised? if someone is prepared, let me open it up to public comment. at this point moderator we are opening it up to public comment on item number 13 which is our general obligation bond . this is an action item so if you are on the line for this item, now is the time to press 1, zero. are there co

fiona dean's holler in, and cartoonist pat baggily, talk about the life and work, of harper's weeklypolitical cartoonist, thomas nast. they talk about the symbols he popularized, like the democratic stomping donkey, santa claus, and the republican debate elephant. the massachusetts historical event hosted this event and provided the video. >> >> the program tonight is very much directly related to our online exhibition and i hope you will all check out and if you've not done so already it's a great show and incredibly relevant these days. this was planned to be a physal

fiona lamdin, abc news. fiona lamdin, bbc news.to deter visitors after large numbers came to lee valley park this month. they say going into the water could pose a risk to health and disturb the wildlife. they're asking people to support a campaign to create a wild swimming area nearby. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes and trains this morning. on the roads, it's very slow northbound up to the blackwall tunnel and around greenwich. usual delays made worse by a broken down car in the tunnel earlier. on golders green road, there are temporary lights just south of the north circular. and finally, in bromley, widmore road is closed from the a21 kentish way to east street for gas works. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it's a milder start to the day than we saw this time yesterday. frost free, that's because there was some cloud around last night. and for many of us it will be quite a cloudy day today, with perhaps a few spells of brightness and a little bit of

. >>> fiona deans halloran, author of "thomas nast: the father of modern political cartoons," and "saltake tribune" editorial cartoonist pat bagley talk about the life and work of famous 19th century "harper's weekly" political cartoonist thomas nast. they discuss the political issues he engaged with and the symbols he popularized such as the democratic donkey, republican elephant, and santa claus. the massachusetts historical society hosted this event and provided the video. >> our program tonight is very much directly related to our online exhibition. i hope you all check it out if you have not done so already. it's a great show, and somehow incredibly relevant these days. this show was originally planned to be a physical show at the massachusetts historical society. and as a part of that physical show, we had intended to dedicate one room to thomas nast, the father of american political cartoons.

you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want. there's something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort to buy locally. during this pandemic, this is what i've been doing, is going to my businesses. crystal way and a number of other crystal shops, they've been taking all my money, and plant shops have been taking all my money. i have a candle obsession, and i've bee

also want to thank state treasurer fiona mah for really allocating for this project at the state level, which, again, accelerates the financing and funding of this project. and, of course, also want to really thank mayor breed for pushing additional funding and sealing the gap, the financing gap really early onto ensure that we could make this project a reality. having 130-plus affordable -- family affordable housing units in the excelsior is extremely important, working with the neighborhood preference program. there's a lot of people that will be lined up and ready to go to apply for this. not to mention the fact this will be 100% union built, labor built project, and the city's subsidy is less than 300,000 a unit. comes out to a very, very affordable price for this type of housing, and that housing that's in need, so i'm very proud to have worked with the mayor's office of housing and their team, the community, all of the different people that were involved in pushing this forward in prioritizing and making this project a reality. it is actually currently being demolished as we spea

fiona trott, bbc news, newcastle. lots to talk about, as ever.ogress. the r isjust below one and we ekpect— the r isjust below one and we expect there to be a rise in infection— expect there to be a rise in infection when we open up but hopefully we can manage that while we continue to roll out vaccine programme. we have heard today that that target— programme. we have heard today that that target offering vaccines to the over 50s _ that target offering vaccines to the over 50s has been met.— over 50s has been met. chris, we have seen — over 50s has been met. chris, we have seen a _ over 50s has been met. chris, we have seen a piece _ over 50s has been met. chris, we have seen a piece showing i over 50s has been met. chris, we - have seen a piece showing newcastle. lots of viewers had talked about the issue of social distancing and people being outside shopping, input guidance, whatever that might be. the government guidance stipulates the importance of maintaining a safe distance. with that in mind and what linda has been saying, this feels like

good advice, fiona, thank you very much indeed. now it's time for a look at the weather.e further wintry flurries to come over the hills in scotland today. plenty of showers building up, much like yesterday. some hail and thunder, the heaviest this afternoon probably across parts of south—west england and on the hills of wales. temperatures at the moment 13, cold down the east coast and a cold night to come tonight again. the showers, mostly fading away, but we continue with a frosty night, we have had one every single night of april, into the start of may, widespread frost, too. that will be the case on saturday morning. temperatures rising through the day but it will just be enough to set up the showers, some of them will be heaviest on saturday afternoon in southern england and wales. by monday looking particularly wet and windy. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... dozens of people are killed in israel during a stampede at one of the holiest sites in the jewish world, attended by tens of thousands of ultra—orthodox jews. actor and director noel clarke is suspended

you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want.'s something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort to buy locally. during this pandemic, this is what i've been doing, is going to my businesses. crystal way and a number of other crystal shops, they've been taking all my money, and plant shops have been taking all my money. i have a candle obsession, and i've been buyi

barbara norris and fiona gill, thank you both so much.re were some engagement, we saw there, as they walked away after the service — harry talking to catherine, william seemed to be rather reluctant to engage initially. ann munro was watching that and sent us this e—mail: anna soanes also took objection to the discussion. well, we put that point to bbc news, and they told us: away from royal matters, the pandemic has hit india particularly hard this week with the country recording the highest one—day number of covid cases anywhere in the world. yogita limaye has been reporting from india across many bbc outlets. siren wails. a capital on its knees. at its biggest hospitals, people being pushed to the limit of human endurance. "my husband's in a very bad state. let me get through," this woman says. she has been carrying him around for ten hours. many of these people will not survive the night. reports like that have seen plaudits from viewers. kanishka raj singh writing: finally, bbc news was mocked on social media this week after publishi

so, the next item on the agenda is fiona hinze the new appointed member of san francisco mta board and change of independent living resource center in san francisco. welcome. >> thank you and council members and members of the public and

you can go visit fiona, and she can get you anything that you want. there's something about connecting to your community. there's something about connecting to the small businesses in your community. it helps them stay in business, but it also helps us stay a better community as a whole. some of you remember food land. it turned into another store, but we all called it food land, and we knew everybody that worked there because that's what being in the community is about. when we take the time to do that, something different happens. we connect, we connect with community. so what we're asking people to do for the month of may is to connect with community, to connect with our small businesses, to go out of your way, to go out of your way -- well, not just go out of your way, but to make effort to buy locally. during this pandemic, this is what i've been doing, is going to my businesses. crystal way and a number of other crystal shops, they've been taking all my money, and plant shops have been taking all my money. i have a candle obsession, and i've bee

fiona trott, bbc news, newcastle. poles up and pegs in — the lake district, once again within reach. and some just couldn't wait to stake out their piece of the great outdoors. it's great to see a glimpse of the mountains. yeah, yeah. we had the campsite booked the night boris made his announcement. yeah! yeah. it's brilliant. get outdoors and see other people! instead of each other! we were counting down. we were up this morning at half six, you know, just getting the car packed, getting the dog in and, eh, yeah, first day up here. it's the only place in the world where we don't mind it - rains, but it's nice. added bonus — look at that, | blue sky now far behind you. ullswater through there. fabulous. and after being out of bounds for so long, they're pleased to see the tourists return, and hopeful they'll stay. there's a huge demand this year for domestic holidays. four out of five people in the uk will be holidaying in the uk this year. and, so that's a lot more than normal. so, yeah, obviously demand is very, ver