was a hughes. wormly and ursula's child. oh, i -- i depend on wormly hughes. he is the most trustful, i believe, of my servants. thank you for bringing them to mind. i do not know what i would do without them. your next question? >> president jefferson, we have a question from sara, asking if you brought seeds back from europe? >> did i bring seeds back from europe? i certainly did. i -- i brought many seeds, that i thought would be useful here. particularly, of the -- of the sea kale. i became acquainted with the sea kale there along the -- the shores of the ocean in great britain. it is the most tasty, tasty leaf and vegetable likened unto the asparagus. i brought seeds back to mcmann, i made reference to him, earlier. to william prince, our horticulturers in new york. and as well to be distributed to the agricultural society in south carolina. i think of one particular seed and that is the -- the rice. i became very familiar with the desire of the agricultural society in south carolina to pursue acquiring a -- an upland rice. they had heard about this, as b

hughes came up to washington city, along with his wife ursula. ursula, if you will, was a cook at the president's house. and it was there that wormly and his wife began their family. do you know they had 13 children. and the very first of their children, a young boy, was born in the president's house during my first administration. the first child born in the president's house was a hughes. wormly and ursula's child. oh, i depend on wormly hughes. he's the most trustful, i believe, of my servants. thank you for bringing them to mind. i do not know what i would do without them. your next question. >> president jefferson, we have a question from sarah asking if you brought seeds back from europe. >> did i bring seeds back from europe? i certainly did. i brought many seeds that i thought would be useful here, particularly of the seed kale. i became acquainted with the seed kale there along the shores of the ocean in great britain. it is a most tasty leaf and vegetable. i brought seeds back that i could send to mr. mcmahon. i made reference to him ea

hugh pym, our health editor. let's stay _ vaccine. hugh pym, our health editor.r health editor. let's stay with the - vaccine. hugh pym, our health i editor. let's stay with the impact of the pandemic. there's growing evidence that the covid lockdowns have damaged the language skills of young children in england. the bbc has seen evidence that reduced social interaction and the wearing of face coverings have deprived youngsters of experiences that are essential for developing vocabulary. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys has been to blackpool and walsall to investigate. hey, i found a worm. this is how children learn words, but new experiences have been limited by the pandemic. parents know toddlers have seen and heard less. at this point, she's spent half of her life in lockdown. so whereas we'd normally do singing groups and toddler groups, she's not had any of that. they need to be with other children. you know, it's good forthem, isn't it? yeah, making new friends and stuff. it's easy to think with children this little that they haven't missed out on much

instead, hughes was issued aissd not to bri letter of reprimand.e military, decisions to prosecute sexual assault are left to the chain of command. >> thank you to my colleagues... >> reporter: today, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to give that power to an independent prosecutor. >> we owe it to our service members to do more to prevent these crimes and to these crimes, and to properly prosecute them when they occur. >> reporter: as for sergeant hughes, he continued with his army career-- and raped again. what finally... cau what finally... caught him up? >> his daughter, his 14-year-old daer she reported that he had raped her. they started looking, and they s found five-- fiv >> reporter: in march of this year, hughes pleaded guilty to a string of assaults dating back to 2015, and was sentenced to 13 years. >> there wasn't enough years that they could give him that would ever fix what he had done to me. >> reporter: ramirez, whose spine had to be fused after her rape and requires a service dog, wants other victims to speak o

she says hughes raped her at a superior bowl party after her husband passed out. she says hug the next morning she went to th' iminal investigati d >> help me understand what you remember. >> reporter: agents videotaped their interview with her, and gathered evidence. did army c.i.d. ever tell you what they had concluded? >> they found probable cause that he did rape me. >> reporter: but hughes' commander at fort bliss opted not to bring charges. instead, hughes was issued a letter of reprimand. >> thank you to my colleagues... >> reporter: today a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to give that power to an independent prosecutor. >> we owe it to our service members to do more to prevent these crimes and to properly prosecute them when they occur. >> reporter: as for sergeant hughes, he continued with his army career-- and raped again. what finally... caught him up? >> his daughter, his 14-year-old daughter. she reported that he had raped her. they started looking, and they >> reporter: in march of this year, hughes pleaded guilty to a string of a

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hugh gimber, j.p.gement global market strategist. the eu's health commissioner says the bloc is still working towards its goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by the end of summer. we bring you the comments next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ anna: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: european open." nine minutes into a european trading day that is turning to the green, a little positive this morning, up around 0.25% shall we say on european cream markets. let's take a look at some of the stocks on the move this morning. dani: a lot of the ad companies are on the move, really driven by publicists saying that first-quarter earnings not only beat but they see pretty strong expectations going forward, thinking they can make up about 60%-80% of the earnings that they lost in the second quarter of last year in this coming quarter. abb, the swiss engineering giant, has upgraded their outlook same for the full year they see a 5% increase in earnings. previously, they estimated a flat year, so now seeing their earnings b

thank you, hugh. you are watching bbc news. i'mjane hill to take thank you, hugh. hill to take you through the next few hours about coverage. we will be talking about coronavirus and we will have more from the old bailey on the verdict that came throughjust from the old bailey on the verdict that came through just around about quarter to one. but let's talk about the resignation of the prime minister's senior adviser on race. speaking this morning borisjohnson said mr kasumu had done valuable work increasing vaccine update among ethnic minorities. work increasing vaccine uptake among ethnic minorities. well, i worked very closely with samuel in the last year or so. he's done great stuff and i thank him very much, particularly on helping to encourage vaccine take—up amongst more hesitant groups and communities. and, actually, we are seeing some real success there and although it is true that different groups have been coming forward at different paces, everybody is increasing their take—up, so i thank him very much for that. 0n the race review, it's been widely cond

hugh pym, our health editor, recover. hugh pym, our health editor. many — recover.any thanks. - the latest government coronavirus figures show there were 2,672 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means that on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is 2,667. across the uk, an average of 2,393 people were in hospital with covid—i9 in the seven days to tuesday, including suspected cases in wales. 30 deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. on average in the past week, 30 deaths were announced every day, taking the total to 127,191. nearly 118,000 people have had their first dose of one of the three approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period, which takes the overall number of people who've had theirfirstjab, to just under 32.5 million. those who've had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period, is 343,783, taking the overall number of people who've had a second jab to more than 8.5 million. a former conservative party chairman has become

but in 1967, howard hughes came into the state of nevada, and one of the effects of hughes in the state of nevada was that it legitimized gaming operations, and by 1974, harrah's had actually gone public on the stock exchange and that heralded the new era of gaming and throughout nevada and eventually, of course, throughout the united states. what we have here are things from our educational collection, which allows people to look at things, physically hold them, handle them like this. the purpose of the aga is to gather, protect, and present the history of gaming, and so this allows us to give demonstrations of various types of -- in this instance, things that are considered to be special work or cheating devices. and if you see, i take a magnet here, you have a dice cube. it's actually a mag dice, what they call magnetic dice. you can -- sometimes it works in an opposite direction. now, this is a magnetized roulette ball. it will stick to the magnet. this is an unprocessed dice cube out of the '20s. and this cube here is very interesting because it's what is called a tap die. this one

hugh pym, bbc news. now on bbc news — our world. hadicha is fighting forjustice.jan, has been in prison for ten years for crime he says he didn't commit. now he has one last chance of freedom. but as the court case approaches, coronavirus is spreading. this is the story of hadicha and azimjan and their fight forjustice. kyrgyzstan, a central asian country which borders china. most of the 6 million population are kyrgyz. but there arejust under1 million uzbeks. one of them is hadicha. for ten years she has campaigned for her husband, azimjan askarov, a human rights activist who is in prison. hadicha and azimjan have been married for over a0 years, but in 2010 he became caught up in violent clashes between kyrgyz and uzbeks. azimjan set out to find out. while azimjan was documenting the violence, police visited hadicha. now azimjan found himself being interrogated by the same local police he had been investigating. he says he was mistreated. shortly after his arrest, he told a localjournalist what happened. azimjan was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a

dominic hughes with that report.d her son george. we've become used to quiet football grounds over the past year — because of fans having to stay at home — but this week a special tournament took place where players also remained silent. the idea was to show the importance of talking for our mental health, and the event was supported by the former arsenal and england midfielder paul merson, who has been open about his own struggles. graham satchell went to see the teams in action. whistle blows kicks of the ball echo football in silence. it's unnerving, unnatural. these five—a—side games organised by power league and the mental health charity calm. in goal, former and england legend paul merson, who was always vocal in goal, former arsenal and england legend paul merson, who was always vocal when he played. players used to get upset with me because i would always constantly call for the ball, even if i shouldn't be getting it, because i wanted to play football — ijust loved playing. commentator: pass is flicked on. t

dominic hughes with that report.mmer, has set a new record on the high—altitude and chilly lake titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world between bolivia and peru. the 47—year—old swam 20 kilometres across the lake without a wet suit in just over five and a half hours. aruna iyengar has this report. psyching himself up for a record—breaking swim. this is andrea 0riana's third attempt to beat the previous record of 16km across this highest of lakes — over 3,800m above sea level. lake titicaca is a special swimming challenge. translation: the difficulty is the altitude. _ it's hard to swim well and it slows down your strokes due to the cold. you feel 12 celsius without protection, and it feels very, very cold. the only barrier to the cold is paraffin wax, rubbed onto his skin. 47—year—old oriana swam from near the so—called sleeping dragon mountain peak on the east shore to the island of the moon in the middle of the lake, a distance of 20km. it's a dream to swim in this lake because it's one of the most diffic

how the entire community rally behind daniel hughes says band in high school took the field tonight. new tonight at 10, a solano county high school football player tonight is still fighting for his life after he was shot over the weekend. police say. >> 17 year-old daniel hughes was in a car with 18 year-old james williams when williams fired a gun and it hit you see it's not clear if williams who has turned himself in to police intentionally shot use or not. and tonight his teammates abandoned high school in fairfield. they took to the field for the first time since that shooting as it gurajpal sangha reports for us tonight. the entire community is now rallying around hughes. >> for some, this may seem like your traditional friday under the lights before the band in players, coaches, families and the fairfield community. this one is for danny. >> he's so much more than athlete. daniel hughes, a star football player at bandon was on the minds of everyone at the game between band and an he currently is fighting for his life after he was shot on easter sunday. if anyone has been around

ellen hughes-cromwick of third way, formerly working in washington at the department of commerce.ot plenty more coverage coming up. i assume this will be a big part of "commodities edge" later on. alix: i will speak to the wellington measurement vice chair. wellington management has billions of dollars in sustainable investment, so there's a real lens on how you make money from a love this. that is coming up at 1:00 p.m. in new york, 6:00 p.m. in london. guy: i'm very much looking forward to it. up next, we are talking to southwest airlines. gary kelly is going to be joining us. some don't see a pickup in business travel quite yet. this is a conversation i am really looking forward to. he is the ceo of southwest. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: this is "bloomberg markets." coming up, general motors' president, and one a clock p.m. -- at 1:00 p.m. in new york, 6:00 p.m. in london. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we are going to move into more of a recovery phase. >> we are seeing demand return as we look into the summer. >> here in europe, the delayed rollout of vaccines, we are expecting to

hugh: thank you. that's helena for us there at windsor.from windsor to central london, talk to our royal correspondent, sara campbl, who is at buck ham palace -- buckingham palace. we are of course at a very difficult period in terms of public health with all of these restrictions. one can assume then that the kinds of crowds that we might have expected at the gates today clearly are not there. and of course it will effect as well the way the palace is planning the next few days. reporter: that's right. the deaths of many thousands of people over the past year haven't been marked in a way that their friends and their families would have liked. due to the pandemic and prince philip's will be no different. the notice of his death in line with tradition was brought out to the railings at buckingham palace on an easel but it didn't stay there. it was taken down after an hour for fear of attracting crowds. and as you say, people have been coming here all afternoon. they've been coming to lay flowers, to write messages or simply just to spend so

hugh pym, bbc news. duke of edinburgh — hosting the retirement of her household's most senior official — lord chamberlain earl peel. prince philip died at windsor castle on friday. he was 99 years old. the duke's funeral will take place at st george's chapel in windsor on saturday. carrington asked near buckingham palace, they spotted the man walking around 630 on tuesday evening. no one was hurt. and finally, people across england have been revelling in some new found freedoms over the last few days, from drinking in pub beer gardens to going on staycations. northern ireland's "stay—at—home" order has also been lifted and some rules were eased in scotland and wales. danjohnson has been speaking to some of those enjoying the easing of lockdown rules. 6am in shropshire. —2, and this is some people's idea of freedom. oh, my god! you're not regretting it, are you? no, not at all. also uncaged, dilys and harry, away from home and free to roam. campsites are maybe one of our favourite things to go to and it's

hugh pym, bbc news.layed the roll—out of its covid vaccine in europe, after regulators in the united states called for a pause because of safety concerns. six people who'd had the vaccine in the us have developed rare and severe blood clots. it's so far been given to almost seven million americans. our medical editor, fergus walsh, reports. an abundance of caution was cited by us health officials as the reason why they paused the use of the single—shotjohnson & johnson covid jab. the vaccine, which in europe is branded as janssen, was approved in the us in late—february. since then, there have been six incidents of very rare clots in the brain, out of 6.8 million doses so less than one case per million people immunised. all were women under 50, one of them died and one is critically ill. i think this is an unusual occurrence of a serious adverse event that you want to make sure before you go forward, you investigate it thoroughly. and that's exactly what they're doing. they're pausing, so that they can l

now friends and family of daniel hughes are honoring him. but when the shot has more on the emotional ceremony. >> the late last night or some. passed away. >> dijon news says his 17 year-old son daniel hughes, a senior and star athlete from band in high school passed away from gunshot injuries. fairfield police say daniel was in a car with 18 year-old james williams and another teenager on easter sunday when williams fired a gun hitting daniel, i just want to say that. >> we love them. we're proud of them. and we just want to keep his legacy in his name alive. >> we're extremely heartbroken devastated for the past 2 weeks we've been on terrible roller coaster, i thank you for all the support from all that friends and family behind to help us get to this point in time. >> we live in fairfield. this is sacramento. these people came at the drop of a dime just to be here to give daniel his last walk. so he could go ahead give life to some more people for all those who didn't know danny. >> you know, they wish they did because he was that kind o

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hugh pym, bbc news.,963 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 2,469. just over 2,000 people are in hospital with covid — the lowest number since the end of september. four deaths were reported people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test. 25 deaths have been announced on average every day in the past week. 127,274 have now died across the uk. as for vaccinations, another 83,000 people have had their first dose of a covid—19 vaccine in the latest 24—hour period, meaningjust under 33 million have now had theirfirstjab. just over 221,000 more people have had their second dose, meaning more than ten million have had both jabs. the prime minister is expected to announce this week a much more ambitious target for cutting britain's carbon emissions. the new plan is to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035. and for the first time international aviation and shipping will be included in the target. our chi

hugh pym, bbc news, oxford. let's take a look at the latest government figures.d in the latest 24—hour period. on average 2,216 new cases were reported per day in the last week. the latest figures show there were 1,497 people in hospital being treated for coronavirus on wednesday. 15 deaths were reported in the latest 24—hour period — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 19 deaths were announced every day. the total number is now 127,517. as for vaccinations — a total of 34.2 million people have now had their first dose of a covid vaccine. and over 14.5 million people have had both doses and are now fully vaccinated. a significant number of lockdown restrictions have been eased in northern ireland today. shops, gyms, pubs, restaurants and cafes have reopened, making northern ireland the last of the uk's four nations to do so. hospitality businesses must operate outdoors, with table service and limited numbers. a police community support officer whose body was found in woodland in kent died from serious he

hugh pym, bbc news, skipton.,479 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, meaning on average 11,570 new cases were reported per day in the last week. that's down by around a third on this time last week. there are 3,957 patients in hospital with covid—19. 51 deaths were reported in the latest 24—hour period — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week 46 deaths were announced every day, taking the total number to 126,764. on vaccinations, almost 242,000 people have had theirfirstjab in the latest 24—hour period, bringing the total to just over 31.1 million. and more than 4.5 million people have now had two doses. the founder of liberty steel has insisted that none of its plants in the uk will shut "on his watch", despite revealing the company owes "many billions" of pounds. sanjeev gupta is seeking to refinance the business, after the collapse of its main financial backer, greensill capital. liberty steel employs around 3000 people at

hugh pym, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas is in westminsterfor us.eard borisjohnson speaking. it's a we havejust heard borisjohnson speaking. it's a reminder we have just heard borisjohnson speaking. it's a reminder that politically there is an awful lot riding on this vaccine programme. absolutely right. this comes at a really important time, because remember the uk has seen more than 126,000 deaths, one of the highest cumulative totals in the world, but we are at the stage now when our vaccine programme is also ahead of most countries in the world and we have seen in recent weeks how that has been contributing to bringing the pandemic under control. as we now move to exiting from our current lockdown, the government strategy is really built on this vaccine roll—out and they need to keep people coming forward is for first doses, second doses, though they are stressing that vaccine roll—out remains unchanged, just the advice for under 30s. the prime minister has been saying people should continue to have confidence that these vaccines are highly effe

hugh pym, many thanks.e release of footage showing an unarmed 13—year—old boy being shot dead by a policeman last month. the video shows adam toledo with his hands up and with no weapon. the police film shows a handgun near the spot where he fell. the teenager's death comes at a time of continuing high tension in the us about police killings. barbara plett usher is in chicago for us tonight. yes, adam toledo was killed in the alleyway right behind me and he was one of the youngest people killed by police in recent years, and so of course there is outrage, and that has been amplified by the fact that there was this delay in the release of the footage, it took more than two weeks, and during that time, police talked about an armed confrontation. and on top of that, this is all happening at the same time as the trial for the killing of george floyd, which also resonates deeply here. stop! the policeman chases the boy down an alleyway. "raise your hands," he shouts. then a shot is fired. drop it! gunshot. polic

hugh pym, there. cummings has launched a blistering attack on borisjohnson — on a number of fronts — after reports that he'd played a part in leaking text messages between the prime minister and the businessman sirjames dyson. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young has more. and a warning her report contains flashing images. he left downing street last november, and he hasn't gone quietly. dominic cummings was once the prime minister's closest adviser, but accused by anonymous number 10 sources of leaking sensitive material, he's launched a ferocious attack on his old boss and those around them. earlier this week, the bbc published text messages between borisjohnson and businessman sirjames dyson. in a blog post, mr cummings denied being the leaker and said he'd show senior officials his phone to prove it. this evening, mrjohnson fended off questions. i don't think people care. what they care about is... that's not really an answer. ..what was i doing back in march of last year. and people have attac

hugh pym, bbc news. let's take a look at the latest government coronavirus figures.infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means that on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 3,072. across the uk, an average of 3,536 people were in hospital with coronavirus over the seven days to first april. 45 deaths were reported. that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 31 deaths were announced every day. the total number of deaths so far across the uk is 126,927. the uk is continuing its programme of mass vaccinations, and in the last 24—hour period, 85,227 people have had their first dose, taking the overall number of people who've had their firstjab to 31,707,594. the number of people who've had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period is 186,793. that takes the overall number of people who've had their second jab to more than 5.6 million people. now that we've seen all those figures, fergus walsh, these new guidelines today, i think what viewers would lik

hugh pym, thank ou.heir grandfather, the duke of edinburgh. william described prince philip as an extraordinary man from an extraordinary generation. harry wrote of him as a master of the barbecue, and a legend of banter. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. he was there for them at their moment of greatest anguish, walking with the young william and harry behind the coffin of their mother after her death in a road accident. and the bond between the grandfather and the grandsons on whom so many hopes rested, was a deep one. in his statement william says he feels fortunate to have had his grandfather's enduring presence to guide him through good times and the hardest days. he recalled the special memories his own children will have of their great grandpa, coming to collect them in his carriage. then william says this... harry speaks of his grandfather's unparalleled devotion to the queen. he'd been a man of honour and great humour, master of the barbecue, legend of banter and cheeky right to

hugh pym, bbc news.irus, which show there were just under 2,500 new infections in the latest 24—hour period, which means an average of 2,259 new cases per day in the last week. there are 1,553 people in hospital with coronavirus. 22 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours. that's people who'd had a positive covid—i9 test within the previous 28 days. the average number of deaths per day in the past week is also 22. the total number of uk deaths is now 127,502. 0n vaccinations, a total of more than 3a million people have now had their firstjab, and the number who've had their second jab is more than ia million. the jailed russian opposition actvist alexei navalny, has made his first public appearance since going on a hunger strike, which he has recently abandoned. looking gaunt, mr navalny was appealing against conviction in a separate case. his appearance comes amid a new kremlin—inspired push against his anti—corruptuion organisation. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has the details. his head c

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. >> yang: raupp, his neighbor tim hughes, and i, all of us fully- vaccinated, along with hughes's three-year-oldhter, emily, were looking for brood ten cicadas. what do you a think? >> pretty go? >> yang: good? >> he's pretty cute isn't he? >> yang: we dug up the cicadas and then put them back. but soon we won't have to look very hard for them. they'll climb out from holes in the ground after 17 years below the surface. and there will be a lot of them. >> 12, 13, 14 holes. that's probably going to translate in an acre to several hundred thousand cicadas per acre. >> yang: wow! just in this backyard. >> it is going to be crazy. there are literally going to be billions, if not trillions of periodical cicadas emerging in 15 states from georgia to new york city and then west to the mississippi river, ohio, indiana and illinois. >> yang: northern american periodical cicadas emerge together in groups called broods in distinct geographic areas after spending 13 or 17 years underground. brood ten is one of the biggest and will come out when the soil hits 64 degrees. >> these guys have been underground f

hugh pym, bbc news, skipton.tions recorded in the latest 24—hour period. on average, 11,570 new cases were reported per day in the last week that's down by around a third on this time last week. there are 3,957 patients in hospital with covid—19. 51 deaths were reported in the latest 24—hour period. that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 46 deaths were announced every day. the total number is now 126,764. as for vaccinations, almost 242,000 people have had their firstjab in the latest 24—hour period bringing the total to just over 31.1 million. and over 4.5 million people have now had both doses. the timetable for easing restrictions in wales has been set out by the first minister, mark drakeford — though he said it was all dependent on coronavirus case numbers. the plan is for non—essential retail to reopen from april 12th. that's also when travel to and from wales will be allowed again — and students can resume face—to—face education. two weeks after that

our health correspondent dominic hughes reports.ntical covid—19 vaccine for their first and second doses. but some experts believe switching to a different brand of vaccine for the second dose might give broader and longer lasting protection against the pandemic virus and new variants of it, as well as offering more flexibility to vaccine roll out. because all of the vaccines that are currently licensed are all directed against the same part of the virus, they are all engineered to target the 5 protein, the spike protein, then they all will elicit a very similar immune response. so it makes a lot of sense to test this combination of vaccines, and we think that we may be able to get an enhanced immune response by combining different types of vaccines. more than 800 people have already signed up to help researchers. they have received two doses of either pfizer, astrazeneca, or a combination of both, to see what works best for immunity. dosing with one, then dosing with the other. and that would give a lot more flexibility if there wa

hugh schofield has more from paris.down. and the same measures which have applied here in paris and other covid hotspots for the last two weeks will be extended across the country. now, we're in paris, we're on the champs—elysees and, quite evidently, it's not lockdown as you might conventionally understand the term. we're not literally locked down in our homes. it's a much looser affair than the original lockdown a year ago. we can go out, as long as we don't get further than ten kilometres away. we don't have to have a piece of paper to show the police anymore. nonetheless, nonessential shops are shut, schools are shut. that's a big change. and it's going to mean a lot of adjustment forfamilies. and we can't travel outside our region. there is actually a kind of window of opportunity over this weekend when you can go to your country house, if you have one, and a lot of people are going to be using that to get out of the city today and tomorrow, but for the next four weeks, if you get out of the city, wherever you are,

hugh, thank you very much.eviewed. the joint committee on human rights highlighted concerns around a lack of legal clarity which meant that fines were "discriminatory and unfair" . a government spokesperson said it was right there were consequences for those who most flagrantly breached the rules. there are reports that the uup leader is facing a challenge to her leadership. what is going on and why? it leadership. what is going on and wh ? ., ,, ., , leadership. what is going on and wh? .,, ., leadership. what is going on and wh? .,, . leadership. what is going on and wh? �*, why? it appears that arlene foster's leadership is — why? it appears that arlene foster's leadership is in _ why? it appears that arlene foster's leadership is in a _ why? it appears that arlene foster's leadership is in a precarious - leadership is in a precarious position tonight. we understand that a majority of the dup's assembly members and its mps have signed this motion of no confidence, and is likely that that will then lead to a

instability and a little munitions all over the country there's a headline for this hour news views hughes coming up next just a few moments time and for us u.s. it's proved last about half an hour with the latest join us again that. does the biden foreign policy differ from that of trump's at this point not really however there is one difference trumpet challenge the bipartisan consensus in sales biden on the other hand appears happy to oblige the interim agency consensus is leaving again. more weapons more money to fight and more support to join nato demands ukrainian officials are making to president biden but is this in the best interest of the united states we are going to discuss and that's why ukraine a wish is for the u.s. to get more involved in the area china is putting pressure on the u.s. to stay out of taiwan and it's going to use their climate change meeting with john kerry to further emphasize steve gild joins us to share his a realistic expectations of kerry's trip now back here at home what we are looking at those hurting the most from the quota virus having a real hard ti

hugh pym, bbc news.rom the boards of morrisons and dunelm after the it scandal which led to the wrongful convictions of former postmasters. our correspondent colletta smith is at morrisons headquarters in bradford. she has gone, did the pressure get too great for her?— too great for her? well, it certainly _ too great for her? well, it certainly was _ too great for her? well, it certainly was an _ too great for her? well, it| certainly was an avalanche too great for her? well, it i certainly was an avalanche of pressure this weekend after the overturning of those convictions. paula vennells has now announced she is stepping down not only from the board here at morrisons, and the retailer dunelm, but also from her duties as an ordained minister in the church of england. the companies are very keen to distance themselves from that scandal that is swirling around the post office at the moment and doing considerable damage to the reputation of the brand, especially as over the coming weeks and months paula v

as well we have parent from sac on the details and she joins us lots to cover on today's news use hughes i'm scottish no use let's get started. thanks for watching the pfizer biotech company and now says its koeppen 1000 vaccine is 100 percent effective and well tolerated in adolescence or get this age 12 to 15 so the company is planning on submitting the data to the u.s.d.a. for expanded emergency use authorization meanwhile there's a study in children ages 6 months 6 months to 11 years the just launched last week but is expected to go throughout the entire year and i would take this moment though before going to inject my own opinion because as vaccines have become very controversial i believe in personal choice accountability and responsibility including in this situation i am not against the vaccine some members of my family have actually received it some are choosing not to i respect everyone's personal choice however i do have concerns regarding the vaccine for the use including my own mainly because they are hopefully going to have a long life on this earth and i want to make sure

and hugh is here.oss the nhs, how on earth are they doing?— earth are they doing? george, there are no quick — earth are they doing? george, there are no quick fixes, _ earth are they doing? george, there are no quick fixes, no _ earth are they doing? george, there are no quick fixes, no easy - are no quick fixes, no easy solutions. how do you actually cope with patients coming into the system every week being referred by gps and consultants, plus all those on those long waiting lists we have just been discussing? you can'tjust train up new people, new nurses and doctors and others to come into the system, that takes years. so the answer among various ones put forward is money, more investment to ensure that operating theatres can run six orseven that operating theatres can run six or seven days a week as we have been hearing. you pay the overtime to staff, but staff are pretty exhausted, some feel burned out. so actually getting more of the work done is going to prove extremely challenging. borisjohns

hugh pym, bbc news.there were 2,729 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. on average, the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 2,471. just over 1900 people are currently in hospital. 18 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 22 deaths were announced every day. the total number of deaths is now 127,345. as for vaccinations, just under 118,000 people have had their first dose in the latest 24 hour period, meaning more than 33.2 million have now had theirfirst dose. the take up for the second jab remains high, withjust over 416,000 in the latest 24 hour period — meaning just over 11.2 million people are now fully vaccinated. india has recorded the highest daily number of new covid—19 cases anywhere in the world — with almost 315,000 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours and more than 2000 more deaths. hospitals in india are running out of oxygen to treat seriously ill coronavirus patients. t

this is lake hughes is this the real state street in that case transactions will continue to get done>> brendan, thanks so much for joining us. we both want to thank you. we both appreciate your time. coming up, bitcoin mania hits a speedbump. it has dropped at some points today below for thousand dollars. we'll talk about what is going to befall next. -- shoot me a new mill. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is bloomberg markets. that may be a combination of factors. check this terminal inside your bloomberg terminal that gives you a sense of the volatility of bitcoin over the long-term. you can read this chart any number of ways. to me, this says something changed in the last year. did it change because of a fundamental region, or judgment as of investor interest? >> absolutely. if you zoomed in on last year you see a series of job drops. you look at it from an irish perspective, which you zoomed out, ucf encounters rashes, fishing and start need to believe that it's normal behavior of this cryptocurrency so be interesting to see where he goes from there. -- to see where it goes from her

dominic hughes reports.ted serious illness, hospitalisation and death in thousands of people is strong. and now there's further good news, suggesting vaccines can reduce transmission of the virus, cutting the risk of catching coronavirus for those who live and work with vaccinated people. a study looked at 2a,000 households where someone had a confirmed case of coronavirus but had received vaccination. but had received a vaccination. it found that those given a first dose of either the pfizer or astrazeneca vaccines and who became infected three weeks later were between 38 and 49% less likely to pass the virus on than unvaccinated people. vaccines are not 100% effective, either at preventing severe symptoms or at allowing yourself to be infected, but the evidence is suggesting that they are providing at least some level of protection from passing the virus on if you do get infected. and this morning mps on the science and technology select committee were told this was a significant bonus to the vaccine effec

hugh grant spotted in frome bakery.he article went on to explore why somerset had become a celebrity hotspot. but several twitter users were unconvinced by its significance, withjonathan posting this. elaine also deployed sarcasm in her response. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, e—mail newswatch, or you can find us on twitter. you can call us. do have a look at our website. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good evening. the dry weather that has persisted for much of april so far is set to continue through the weekend and into the start of next week. as well as that, it's pretty cold air, so we're seeing some night—time frosts. but such is the strength of the april sunshine. we had 21 degrees celsius in porthmadog in north west wales during the day, and we had high levels of uv in the south because we barely had a cloud in t

and to understand all this i'm joined now by hugh gryphus he is a marine bio geographer who has conducted research on iceberg a 68 thank you for joining us. could you tell us about the dramatic pictures we just saw. a little bit about the life and times of a 68 what happened. so a 68 started off as part of a massive floating ice shelf called lawson c. and that deep into the where they'll see in antarctica and part of it broke away forming this new iceberg which is was twice the size of luxemburg since the biggest one existing in the world at that time and for a little while it just sat where it was and then eventually over time it started moving northward with the currents and for a long time it stayed really big which is quite surprising to many people because normally when i suppose start moving they start to break up just because of the movement of the waves and things like that but over the next 2 years it moved further and further north and into warmer water but also rougher seas and the combination of rough seas and warmer water basically was its doom in the end that's what killed i

i would assume so there's a new church from a prominent wine critic hugh johnson had the opportunity to teach the 2nd bottle you see here left of the center in 1900. 59 years ago johnson confirmed in several interviews that it was the wine of his life. vertebrata surrounded by vignettes that are known for their good quality and they not only provide a delicious wine they're also set in a beautiful landscape. and you can also take a wonderful walk through them. for example if you want to go up to the mountain back fortress. this is where the prince bishops list before the residence was built . hello good afternoon. to the in the outer courtyard i meet the guide ga. she takes me on a tour stop this is where the horses lay it out here in this courtyard yes in this area here on the south side of the yacht you see the little gates there with the entrances to the stables and the many rings on the wall that's where they tied up the horses. the in the courtyard is behind the gate. most of the buildings date from the renaissance. i'll show you the very oldest part of the fortress that you can

who succeed in hughes be too extreme he's. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world now peru is voting for its 5th president in just 3 years a series of crises and corruption scandals all 3 different leaders within a week last year this time 6 of the 18 candidates have come contracted the coronavirus as infections their school voting in peru is compulsory. a volcanic eruption has darkened the skies and blanketed the caribbean island of st vincent with ash thousands of residents have been evacuated after the most dramatic outbreak at loss of a mountain in decades scientists warning explosions could continue for days or even weeks. archeologists in egypt have uncovered ruins of an ancient city dating back in 3 and a half 1000 years the site in the valley of the kings in luxor is the biggest yet discovered in egypt experts say it's the most important find since the discovery of commons tony. argentina has imposed tough near a strict including a nighttime curfew a 2nd wave of corona virus infection