nick eardley, our olitical get louder.gil will be held tonight in south east london to remember sabina nessa, the primary school teacher murdered last weekend. detectives are still questioning a man on suspicion of killing her, and they've also issued cctv footage of another man they want to talk to. sabina, who was 28, is thought to have been attacked as she walked to a pub near her home in kidbrooke last friday. june kelly reports. last friday, sabina nessa was finishing her working week as a primary school teacher and looking forward to the weekend. seven days on, she's in the thoughts of so many who never knew her, but are horrified and angry at the way her young life was taken. sabina, who was 28, was on her way to a pub in kidbrooke village in south—east london to meet a friend. she never arrived. a 38—year—old man is now in custody on suspicion of murder. detectives are also looking for this man, and have issued these images. he was caught on cctv walking in pegler square, which was where sabina was heading. police

nick eardley, many thanks. security pact, signed by america, the uk, and australia — without consulting france. president macron has taken the unprecedented step, of recalling his ambassadors to washington and canberra, in the growing row between the nato allies. from paris, hugh schofield reports. for the americans, the australians and the british, it�*s a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. but australia�*s decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. their contract with australia has been simply binned. ordered back home by president macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france�*s anger. i think this has been a huge mistake. a very, very bad handling of the partnership because it was not a contract. it was a partnership. this evening, the foreign minister, jean yves le drian, spoke again on national television. translation: there has been lying,

nick eardley, thank you _ clock is ticking. nick eardley, thank you very _ clock is ticking. to go abroad. also, fully vaccinated arrivals in england may no longer have to take costly pcr tests but some uk ministers are urging caution. the rationale for keeping pcr testing in particular rather than lateral flow testing is it does enable you to do the genome sequencing of potential new variants. that's been the argument for keeping it as a pcr test. a court in vienna begins hearing a case against the austrian government over its handling of a coronavirus outbreak at a ski resort. in italy, all workers will have to prove they've been vaccinated or had a covid negative test, orface suspension without pay or even a fine. a police watchdog for england and wales says preventing violence against women should be as much of a priority as counter—terrorism. and coming up...we've spoken to the winner of the ocean photographer of the year award — you can hear that interview in the next few minutes. let's return to our top story — we're expecting an announcement on changes to internationa

our political corresponent, nick eardley is with me. there was a lot in it. covered. it was in part taking a chance to set out a fairly broad vision for what he thinks of the country and some of it was more rhetorical and based on policies. there are two things in particular that the liberal democrats would be quite keen to take away. one is the plan ed davey has to make the party relevant again electorally, remember they only 12 mps at the moment and has struggled since the coalition. they want to take on conservatives in safe conservative seat square places like the south of england where historically the tories have done really well but where the lib dems are bit fed up, they think the votes are taken dems are bit fed up, they think the votes are ta ken for dems are bit fed up, they think the votes are taken for granted. the lib dems never tire of talking about chesham and amersham. we can offer something the conservatives cannot. borisjohnson takes them for granted. they are up for grabs. there was a policy on education as well. one thing the lib dems oft

our politcal correspondent, nick eardley is here.f this and this will add urgency to the government�*s talks with the energy sector this weekend and next week.— with the energy sector this weekend and next week. absolutely. the main thin the and next week. absolutely. the main thing the government _ and next week. absolutely. the main thing the government is _ and next week. absolutely. the main thing the government is emphasising j thing the government is emphasising is that it is not panicking, and the message from ministers is that there is sufficient capacity and supply to meet demand over the winter months. but it is being taken seriously, there are a series of meetings going on across whitehall today, the business secretary meeting with companies and operators and officials on the environment department meeting with food supplies, especially pork and chicken suppliers who are concerned about packaging, potential packaging shortages. labourargued about packaging, potential packaging shortages. labour argued that this is down to

let�*s speak to our political correspondent nick eardley who�*s with me...usiness sector says protecting customers to parity bit what is the government doing? the conversations i've had today — government doing? the conversations i've had today haven't _ government doing? the conversations i've had today haven't thrown - government doing? the conversations i've had today haven't thrown up - i�*ve had today haven�*t thrown up affects. i think that is in part because the government are still trying to figure out how many problems are skewed throughout. the business secretary has been meeting with industry leaders today. after that meeting the message from government is very much supply is not a cause for immediate concern, that there are a diverse range of sources bringing energy into the uk and that supply is not going to be interrupted. that said, i think there are some concerns over the impact on business and there are talks going on within the environment and the department which covers food about some suppliers waddling about food packaging being short. t

let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley.iver now. yes, they do. that is certainly what _ deliver now. yes, they do. that is certainly what this _ deliver now. yes, they do. that is certainly what this reshuffle - deliver now. yes, they do. that is certainly what this reshuffle has i certainly what this reshuffle has been pitched as, these new ministers turning up in downing street for the first cabinet meeting this morning are going to be the ones to put some flesh on the banes of some of the big ideas. borisjohnson says he has those big ideas. we could bejust a couple of years away from an election and borisjohnson hasn't really had much time to get into the teeth of the domestic politics. he spoke a lot about that in 2019. when he became prime minister, brexit was the thing he wanted to deliver and that took up much of the first 18 months of his time as prime minister. and then we were into the pandemic and that meant a lot of the stuff that boris johnson pandemic and that meant a lot of the stuff that borisjohnson spoke a

our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster.t has committed itself to the mass building of new homes? yes, borisjohnson yes, boris johnson has yes, borisjohnson has promised to build 300,000 homes in england every year by 2025. and to do that he was preparing to introduce some pretty radical reforms of planning laws in england. they would have given developers much more freedom to build homes in allocated parts of the country. but they were deeply unpopular with some residents who could have been affected and with many tory mps as well. they were worried that it could undermine local decision—making, perhapsjust local decision—making, perhaps just as significantly local decision—making, perhapsjust as significantly they were worried it could undermine their electoral fortunes. when robertjenrick was sacked as housing secretary, there were questions as to whether there could be a rethink. it does seem that the new housing secretary, michael gove, is prepared to listen to the arguments against the government's current plans. he ha

well, earlier i spoke to our political correspondent nick eardley — who told me there isn�*t yet anysue. the conversations i�*ve had today haven�*t thrown up specifics. i think that is in part because the government are still trying to figure out how many problems are skewed throughout. the business secretary has been meeting with industry leaders today. after that meeting the message from government is very much supply is not a cause for immediate concern, that there are a diverse range of sources bringing energy into the uk, and that supply is not going to be interrupted. that said, i think there are some concerns over the impact on business and there are talks going on within the environment and the department which covers food about some suppliers worried about food packaging being short. there are a few weeks ahead when i think there will be a lot of attention paid to exactly how this pans out. in relation to many of our viewers as to how this will impact in their pockets or not, the answer is yes. there is the energy price cap which ministers hope means many will be spared high

let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley.— pause by michael gove. boris johnson has promised to _ pause by michael gove. boris johnson has promised to build _ pause by michael gove. boris johnson has promised to build 300,000 i pause by michael gove. boris johnson has promised to build 300,000 extra j has promised to build 300,000 extra houses a year by 2025, and to do that he was planning to liberalise planning laws to make it much easier for developers to build new buildings in certain parts of england. but that plan was extremely controversial, not least among conservative mps. they feared it would undermine local democracy, and here at westminster, perhaps just as significantly, they feared it would have a big impact on the conservative party in the south of england as well. when the housing secretary was sacked on wednesday, there was a lot of speculation that this could open the door to a rethink on those plans, and it seems that michael gove is at least prepared to think about the idea of redoing these plans in a sligh

something to assuage the public frustration. jonathan, thank you. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyng said about the government strategy around this? for the government strategy around this? er?" the past couple of days the government has essentially been hoping that this would peter out, that many people who thought they need to panic buy would have already filled up their tanks, the message from the fuel industry would get through, that there is more than enough petrol to go around if people stick to their normal habits. that is why we have been hearing ministers emphasising that message in the last couple of days. and there is some cautious optimism in government this afternoon that it is starting to work. that the fuel supply around the country is picking up, that is why you heard grant shapps talking about tentative signs that the worst may be passed. now that the worst may be passed. now thatis that the worst may be passed. now that is not an overnight fix, it does not mean that this afternoon queues will disappear from around the country, it is likely to take a couple of days

our political correspondant nick eardley is in westminster.le of days has finally broken his silence on this? yes. after a couple of days has finally broken his silence on this? yes, the government — broken his silence on this? yes, the government has _ broken his silence on this? yes, the government has spent _ broken his silence on this? yes, the government has spent the - broken his silence on this? yes, the government has spent the day - broken his silence on this? yes, the| government has spent the day trying to tell_ government has spent the day trying to tell us _ government has spent the day trying to tell us the worst of the situation may now be over. we had the prime — situation may now be over. we had the prime minister's first public comments on this in the last couple of hours. _ comments on this in the last couple of hours, emphasising the government message _ of hours, emphasising the government message that if people just buy petrol— message that if people just buy petrol as — message that if people just buy petrol as normal th

here's our political correspondent nick eardley. and to do that he was planning to liberalise planning laws to make it much easier for developers to build new buildings in certain parts of england. but that plan was extremely controversial, not least among conservative mps. they feared it would undermine local democracy, and here at westminster — perhaps just as significantly — they feared it would have a big impact on the conservative party in the south of england as well. when the housing secretary robert jenrick was sacked on wednesday, there was a lot of speculation that this could open the door to a rethink on those plans, and it seems that michael gove is at least prepared to think about the idea of redoing these plans in a slightly different way. i understand that he has paused putting these plans through parliament, he wants to speak to conservative mps to figure out what their concerns are, and, in the words of one government source, take stock. that has been welcomed by the tories who were deeply sceptical about these plan

our political corresponent, nick eardley is with me. after the coalition is trying to be relevant. they have struggled electorally. the challenge is to find a niche and find a pitch for people to try and get the party back into a better position. in the last few days, we found out what his pitch is and it was a big part of his speech today. quite frankly, he thinks there are a bunch of conservative voters out there, who have voted tory all their lives but they are a bit fed up and feel taken for granted by the party. the liberal democrats look at the by—election, where they unexpectedly won against the tories, and they think it's a launch pad for them to take more seats from the conservatives in the next few months of by—elections, and ultimately, in the next general election as well. have a listen to this bit from the speech this afternoon... we must be the gathering point for everyone fed up with the indecency and incompetence of this conservative government. we must be the gathering point for everyone fed up with the indecency and in

thank you very much, nick eardley. with me is our health correspondent, nick triggle.tions, they are a fifth of the pre—pandemic level, what would be considered normal activity, and professor chris whitty, the chief medical adviser, talked about a gentle drift upwards. the numbers are doubling every six or seven weeks, so if they continue going up, that starts to get to the point where there is a pressure on the nhs, and people will start asking even more whether plan b will be needed. but as i say, so many unknowns, so much uncertainty, one of which is what will happen with other respiratory viruses, things like flu and a virus called rsp which particularly affects children. so it's a matter of seeing what these coming weeks bring. —— rsv. this matter of boosterjabs over the autumn and winter for over 505, is that likely to become a regular occurrence? is part of learning to live with covid that we may be have to have a boosterjab every covid that we may be have to have a booster jab every year covid that we may be have to have a boosterjab every year like a flu jab f

let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley.s all fit into the winter plan for covid-19? quite a bi week winter plan for covid-19? quite a big week for _ winter plan for covid-19? quite a big week for the _ winter plan for covid-19? quite a big week for the government - winter plan for covid-19? quite a . big week for the government setting out how it's going to approach the next few weeks and months when it comes to covid—i9. so it's going to go down to ministers to make the final decision based on recommendations from the chief medical officers. all four governments across the uk, so the uk and the devolved governments are all pondering that does not come up with any of them do anything other than just fully accept what they have said and i think we'll finally get a decision from them in the next few hours, probably before the prime minister statement next afternoon. a couple of other things to watch out for over the next 21t hours. one is, what happens the boosterjobs. we know that the jcvi, the body that advises the governme

let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley. good morning, nick.nswer, - mean? good question, and i don't. honestly know the answer, because mean? good question, and i don't- honestly know the answer, because we have heard the government say, do not panic, there is plenty of petrol in the refineries, the problem is just getting it into forecourts because of that lack of hgv drivers. but the government has not said much about what it is planning to do over the next few days. so there are a couple of things that it had already announced because of other shortages in the supply chain in the last few weeks, so it has been made a bit easier to get an hgv licence, the process for doing that has been streamlined, a limit on the number of hours hgv drivers can work is being increased ever so slightly as well, to allow slightly longer shifts, but from the transport secretary this morning, we heard, yes, he is not ruling out the idea of temporary visas to allow people to come to the uk, but there is a lot of reluctance in government to do that. the home offi

months — ahead of a the prime minister�*s press conference tomorrow. 0ur political correspondent is nick eardleyt least ten with a few options. _ council yesterday. at least ten with a few options, things _ council yesterday. at least ten with a few options, things like - council yesterday. at least ten with a few options, things like masks, l a few options, things like masks, telling people to work from home, potentially some other restrictions as well. one thing we know the government is not going to do at the moment which we had been expecting as vaccine passports. we had that yesterday from the health secretary. although we have had ministers suggesting for the last week but that was going to go ahead in england that we have had confirmation will go ahead in scotland it is not now going to happen south of the border. listen to the work and pensions secretary. we we re we were due to make a decision in septemher— we were due to make a decision in september about whether we would formally _ september about whether we would formally introduce them by the end of the _ formally introduce them by

nick eardley, our political correspondent, has also been following that press conference. decision, it was part of a law lords decision. yeah, i mean ultimately this will be a decision for parents and for young people across the uk to make up their own mind on it, we heard that very much from the experts on the panel, the welsh cmo for example talking about the rights of children, so not compulsory, it has not been compulsory at any point apart from some medical settings but absolutely you are right, the individual choice is still going to be a part of this process.- individual choice is still going to be a part of this process. thank you very much- — be a part of this process. thank you very much- nick _ be a part of this process. thank you very much. nick will _ be a part of this process. thank you very much. nick will be _ be a part of this process. thank you very much. nick will be speaking i very much. nick will be speaking later in the programme with ben brown, who will be with you at the top of the hour. first, let's catch up top of the hour. first, let's catch up w

thanks very much for now, nick eardley there at westminster., the uk has recorded 26,628 cases and 185 deaths — that's within 28 days of a positive test. more than 48.5 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine and 44.1 million have had the second dose. that's more than 81% of people aged 16 or over who are fully vaccinated. as we've heard, booster jabs are to be offered to everyone aged 50 and over. various other categories as well — health—care workers, for example. health—ca re workers, for example. the health—care workers, for example. the roll—out will begin next week. professorjonathan van—tam, england's deputy chief medical officer, says the uk has had one of the most successful covid—19 vaccination programmes in the world and that it averted 24 million cases of coronavirus in the country. our health correspondent jim reed reports. this project in surrey brings together men over 50 to socialise and learn new skills. it is this target group who will be offered a third booster shot of the covid vaccine this autumn. i alway

let's get more from our political correspondent nick eardley, who's in westminster.petrol and diesel to go about, nobody needs to panic. _ and diesel to go about, nobody needs to panic, people should just buy as normat~ _ to panic, people should just buy as normal. but there is this issue about— normal. but there is this issue about hgv— normal. but there is this issue about hgv drivers and getting petrol and diesel— about hgv drivers and getting petrol and diesel into forecourts in the first place _ and diesel into forecourts in the first place. that is leading to some questions — first place. that is leading to some questions about whether some of the rules around people coming to the uk from other— rules around people coming to the uk from other countries to drive trucks and torries, — from other countries to drive trucks and lorries, whether they should be relaxed _ and lorries, whether they should be relaxed a _ and lorries, whether they should be relaxed a bit. so the road haulage association is saying that about 100,000 — association is saying that about 100,0

let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley.et final details from them as soon as later today. there is a lot happening this week that could be quite important for how the winter is tackled when it comes to covid, so that decision on over twelves, there is also likely to be more information in the next few days, we think, on booster vaccinations. you heard the prime minister talk about it there, about who will get third doses of vaccines and potentially when as well, and then we have the press conference tomorrow from the prime minister, where he is going to give us some more details that we heard in the clip, we hope, about what the next few months will look like and what options are being kept on the table to try and tackle the virus. the prime minister, downing street, absolutely don't want another lockdown but there will be some measure is kept in reserve, like vaccine passports potentially in england later this year, if needs be, to try and get on top of any outbreaks. be, to try and get on top of any outbreaks-— scotland's

let's get more from our political correspondent nick eardley in westminster, you heard a georgia used is because people are buying fuel that they do not need. he reckons people who are anxious are basically worried they will not be able to fill up their cars so they are filling them up a bit more than they would at the moment. the message from the government, and it has been the case for a few days is that people should not be changing their fuel buying habits at any stage, really, because there is no need to. i think one of the strategy is the government has at the moment it's frankly to hope this goes away, that over the weekend enough people will have filled up their cars that they do not need to fill them up very well and it will mean some of the queues we have seen at petrol stations over the last few days start to die down because people do not need any more fuel. the danger for the government, i suppose is that does not happen and some of these queues continue and people are not heeding those messages not to panic and this continues for a few days still. we have seen some plans

showing that they are doing something to assuage the public frustration. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyl disappear, but the hope from ministers was that woodwork and that is why there was so much emphasis in whitehall last week on the statement from the industry — was that would work. the statement said stick to your normal habits and they will not be a shortage, and i have got to say, there seems to be cautious optimism in government that the strategy is starting to pay off. the data ministers are getting through daily at the moment about distribution suggests to them about the situation is starting to stabilise at petrol stations, but that does not mean if you go out this afternoon, you won't see some queues, because it could take a couple of days before the trickle down off that means that the situation at petrol stations gets back to normal, but when we heard from the transport secretary this morning, he seemed a bit more optimistic than ministers had been over the last few days. that said, i don't think this is a slam dunk, and i think we know that some of the warnings and optimism

that driver shortages will have a much deeper impact going forward. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyoday, is it still really that message of please behave responsibly as they would say? don't fill up your car if you don't need to? absolutely. george eustice said earlier on today that people were filling up their tanks with petrol even when they did not and two. downing street saying we are not claiming the public for the crisis, we understand people are anxious but it's important to highlight that there is plenty of petrol and diesel, there isjust the issue with drivers getting them to those feeling stations. i think the hope is in government debt situation will start to resolve itself over the next couple of days. people will have gone to petrol stations, filled up have gone to petrol stations, filled up their tanks and only so much can be done, even if lots of petrol station so you can only spend a maximum of 30 or £a0 at a time. the thinking is over the next couple of days, this should hopefully be something that is sorted out. they are keeping in reserve the potential of what sou

political correspondent nick eardley joins us from westminster.the election that he got through parliament. you have the pandemic that sidetracked everything. now, ithink pandemic that sidetracked everything. now, i think boris johnson has the big challenge of delivering some of the domestic policies he promised during the election campaign and the biggest that slogan we hear from the government, levelling up. the idea that you give people a foot up in parts of the country that have not been doing as well. in truth it is ill—defined at the moment, so you will see that in some ministers in newjobs. michael gove is the man who is going to be in charge of giving legs to the idea of levelling up giving legs to the idea of levelling up and he is in charge of housing. he has some pretty big challenges. the new education secretary nadhim zahawi. has to make sure there is not a left behind generation as a result of schooling mist in the pandemic. and the new foreign secretary liz truss has the job of redefining the uk's plays in the world after brexit. we