hello, reeta, thank you very much. welcome _ hello, reeta, thank you very much. hello, reeta, thank you very much. welcome to basildon, where we have spent _ welcome to basildon, where we have spent all_ welcome to basildon, where we have spent all morning at a leisure park which _ spent all morning at a leisure park which caters for all ages and interests. as you can probably work out, including tenpin bowling, and a lot of— out, including tenpin bowling, and a lot of people here very excited that they are _ lot of people here very excited that they are now able to resume activities _ they are now able to resume activities like this. things are a little _ activities like this. things are a little different, of course, certainly never done tenpin bowling wearing _ certainly never done tenpin bowling wearing one of these before, and there _ wearing one of these before, and there are — wearing one of these before, and there are dividers and hand sarfltiser— there are dividers and hand sanitiser everywhere, as you would expect _ sanitiser everywhere, as you would exp

us reeta was saying, the national polling _ tomorrow?_ tomorrow? us reeta was saying, the national polling puts the _ national polling puts the conservatives comfortably ahead most of the time but we can't say enough that conservatives comfortably ahead most of the time but we can't say enough that this is a really big range of contests, local and national, and they could be all sorts of interesting things lurking in the undergrowth. it's worth remembering the parties themselves are flying blind this time. the practicalities of the pandemic mean they haven't been able to be on the doorstep campaigning in the way they normally would so they know less about what's really been going on but whether or not it's the hartlepool by—election on what happens in wakefield council, the tories really hope that they can show they are continuing to dig further and further into territory where they would have been alien a decade ago, and labour is under real pressure to show that under real pressure to show that under keir starmer, not so new but first

reeta, take us through the figures... 20%. reeta, take us through the fitures... . . 20%.fit of labour. let's take a look at the swing. as a swing of 7.4% from plaid cymru to the labour party. an interesting result, a good result for labour. and one wonders if you can read across a little because we were hearing earlier about the ronde, where the sitting plaid cymru, the plaid cymru's leanne wood was thought to be endangered because of an advance by labour. we don't yet have the result they are but given this, it will be interesting to see if that same pattern is replicated. as soon as we know more we will bring that to you. as we know more we will bring that to ou. :, ., :, to you. you might have mentioned it... turn to you. you might have mentioned it--- turn out _ to you. you might have mentioned it... turn out less _ to you. you might have mentioned it... turn out less than _ to you. you might have mentioned it... turn out less than 3596 - to you. you might have mentioned it... turn out less than 3596 in - it... turn out less than 35% in merthyr tydfil. and the turnout

reeta chakra barti.european tracking sites are monitoring the uncontrolled re—entry of the long march rocket, which was used last month to carry into orbit a section of the permanent chinese space station currently being built. the monitors say the chances of damage from a ground impact are low, and the chinese foreign ministry say it expects the debris to burn up during re—entry. earlier, professor joanne irene gabrynowicz, from thejournal of space law, spoke to the bbc. she was asked if it was allowed to just let things uncontrollably fall from space. well, it's not a question of whether it's allowed or not. china is a signatory to what's called the outer space treaty and therefore is responsible, internationally responsible, for its object and any harm it may cause. so, since we know this object was launched by a single nation and since there's no dissension about whether somebody else could be responsible for it, china will be responsible for whatever harm it causes. there are non—legally—binding gui

reeta, thank you. and we can talk now — declared. reeta, thank you. declared. reeta, thank you. and we can talk now to one of the leading i can talk now to one of the leading experts on welsh politics laura mcallister, professor of politics at cardiff university. thank you for joining us. can i take you through the parties because it may be more useful for viewers to try to categorise things in that way and ask you bluntly about welsh labour, what did they get right in this election that labour elsewhere in the uk did not get right? what was the uk did not get right? what was the secret of success?— the secret of success? there are -len of the secret of success? there are plenty of practice _ the secret of success? there are plenty of practice i _ the secret of success? there are plenty of practice i guess - the secret of success? there are plenty of practice i guess is i the secret of success? there are plenty of practice i guess is the l plenty of practice i guess is the first thing to say! labour has been in power in wales for the entire period of

reeta chakra barti there. let's go live to westminster and our political editor laura kuenssberg.ain now?— the fore again now? certainly, there is a fault line — the fore again now? certainly, there is a fault line that _ the fore again now? certainly, there is a fault line that stretches - the fore again now? certainly, there is a fault line that stretches from - is a fault line that stretches from london to edinburgh and back again. borisjohnson and nicola sturgeon are at odds over whether or not they should be another referendum on scottish independence. nicola sturgeon will point to her pro—independence majority in the scottish parliament and is making accusations that borisjohnson is anti—democratic for suggesting it cannot happen. on the unionist side they will point to the fact she did not make the high bar majority on her own. they said it would be once in a generation when it happened seven years ago. while the parliament is very pro—independent, the snp completely dominant, the public is pretty much exactly 50—50 on both sides, the conservatives, the unionists and the sn

reeta chakrabarti looks at what's at stake.n contests are under way, and this is because there were elections that had been delayed from last year that are taking place now. crucial amongst these are elections to the scottish parliament. this is the map as it was after the last elections to the parliament. as you can see, whole swathes of yellow there. those are the snp seats. they got 63 last time. they're aiming for 65 or more for a majority. which would then allow them, should they be able to, to aim for a second independence referendum. let's take a look at some of the seats that we'll be looking at that are fought over in the scottish parliament. here's a selection. and you can see from the end of that they are held at the moment by labour, tory, lib dem and snp. so, all the main parties in play here. as well as the constituencies in scotland, voters also vote for a second regional list. it's a form of proportional representation, whereby they return members of the scottish parliament for a wider region. there is a similar

reeta chakra barti there.ostcode into our search tool, on our website, or the bbc news app. the entire indian delegation to the g7 summit of leading economies in london is self—isolating after two members tested positive for covid—19. the news came as foreign ministers reconvened for the last day of the talks, which had been hailed as a return to face—to—face diplomacy. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. borisjohnson, dropping boris johnson, dropping by borisjohnson, dropping by the g7 talks this afternoon, determined to show confidence in an international meeting hit by a covid scare, determined to show that face—to—face diplomacy as possible in a pandemic. india's foreign minister, aghast at the talks, has spent the last few daysin the talks, has spent the last few days in london meeting counterparts from the united states and south africa, even the home secretary, priti patel. but then this morning, this. in a tweet, he said he was made aware yesterday evening of his exposure to possible co

reeta, many thanrs- _ even more to it than that. reeta, many thanks. even more to it than that. reeta, many thanks. we will discuss - even more to it than that. reeta, l many thanks. we will discuss some even more to it than that. reeta, - many thanks. we will discuss some of that with laura kuenssberg in a moment. now we can go straight to our political correspondent chris mason in hartlepool. so much to unpack, a shattering defeat for labour. and an mp who is not actually of the area, jill mortimer, but she fought on local issues?— jill mortimer, but she fought on local issues? that's right. it's an extraordinary — local issues? that's right. it's an extraordinary result _ local issues? that's right. it's an extraordinary result to _ local issues? that's right. it's an extraordinary result to try - local issues? that's right. it's an extraordinary result to try and i extraordinary result to try and unpick. looking underneath some of the numbers that reeta was talking through, jill mortimer is the new mp, a councillor in north yorkshire prior to her v

this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 5pm. keeping to the plan — the prime minister says there is "nothing conclusive" in current data that means the lockdown roadmap will need to be delayed. i don't see anything conclusive at the moment to say that we need to deviate from the road map. we have got to be cautious and we are keeping everything under very close observation. extra vaccination centres have been opened and surge—testing is continuing in areas affected by the indian covid variant. a call to tackle the global imbalances in covid vaccine rollouts. it feels completely wrong to be in a situation, morally, first of all, where we are allowing that to happen, whilst in many countries, vaccines are being rolled out to younger and younger populations at very low risk. police prepare to excavate a cafe in gloucester, searching for mary bastholm — she disappeared in 1968, and it's thought she may have been murdered by the serial killer, fred west. when mary went missing in 1968, she was wearing a blue coat, a blue and white dr

i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines: covid rules are eased across britain — meaning indoorfood and drinks, in limited groups, are back on for millions of people. i'mjane hill in essex, where i've been hearing all day from business owners about just been hearing all day from business owners aboutjust how important todayis owners aboutjust how important today is to them and from the many families who are very keen to take advantage of the new rules. a vaccination drive in bolton and blackburn, where the indian covid variant is rising. people living in bedford are urged to "exercise caution" and get tested. the early laboratory data from oxford university corroborates the provisional evidence from bolton hospital and the additional observational data from india that vaccines are effective against this variant. thousands take advantage of the new travel rules and head overseas in the first legal foreign holidays for months. ijust want to get to the villa. she laughs. ijust want to get out in the sun. the weath

hello, this is bbc news with reeta chakrabarti.of sasha johnson, the black lives matter activist. dozens of demonstrations have taken place around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus. now on bbc news, duncan kennedy reports on the story of historical forced adoptions and the mothers�* search for a justice. a warning — there are some details in this programme that some viewers may find upsetting. i loved her so much, i still love her. i�*m her mum. it was to be a secret, it was not to be discussed.

at ten o'clock reeta will be here with a full round up of the days news.irst newscast with adam fleming, laura kuenssberg, chris mason and guests. laura, i've come dressed as one of our guests tonight, because they've got a trademark look. 0h, isee... polo shirt done all the way up to the top button. yeah. kind of dad—like anorak. yeah, i think that's technically a cagoulle, isn't it? a windcheater? i've got a bit of new order playing on my phone on the way into work. have you got clarks on your feet? other shoe brands are available! ish, ish! who could it be? er... hmm... andy burnham! reelected as mayor of greater manchester. you do have a signature look, don't you, andy? you're missing the crown there. oh, the king of the north! king of the north, there we, are self—declared! do you listen to new order on your phone on the way to work? i do — not every day, but i do, joy division as well. can you tell us, what was going on in this video that resurfaced this week of you, djing? # i'm moving on up, | you're moving on out. # time to break free, | nothing c

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my colleague reeta chakrabarti is at westminster to tell us more.ich opens a new session. there was less of the usual pageantry, due to pandemic restrictions. but her speech did contain 30 new bills. she said: the government's priority is to recover from the pandemic, continuing the vaccine programme and providing additionalfunding to support the nhs. legislation to widen access to adult education will be introduced, as part of a "lifetime skills guarantee". and there will be new laws to boost housebuilding, and enchance the rights of renters. let's listen to the start of her speech my my lords and members of the house of commons. my government's priority is to deliver a recovery from the pandemic, that makes the united kingdom stronger, healthier and more prosperous than before. to achieve this, my government will level up opportunities across all parts of the united kingdom, supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth, and addressing the impact of the kim pandemic on public services. —— the pandemic. my government will protect the health of th

special programme with all the latest news and analysis from 10.30am, presented by huw edwards and reetay support 0fficerjulia james. ms james was found dead in woodland near her home in kent on april the 27th having suffered severe injuries. callum wheeler, from aylesham will appear before magistrates today. 0ur news correspondent simonjones explained a little earlier that searches are still being carried out for evidence. well, julia james was killed two weeks ago today. she'd been out walking her dog when she was attacked. since then, hundreds of officers have been working round—the—clock on the murder investigation, and late last night we had confirmation that a 21—year—old man had been charged with her murder, callum wheeler, who is from aylesham, lives here in the village. he will appear before magistrates in medway later on this morning. now, after news of this court appearance emerged, julia james's cousin, on social media, thanked the police and everyone who had been involved in the investigation, saying the family really appreciated it. we also heard from kent police who said o

reeta, thank you very much. we will be back with rito later on.'ve seen the yeoman of the guard and we will see the gentlemen at arms, the royal bodyguard, and will see the imperial state crown being brought from buckingham palace to the palace of westminster is all about coming up in the next few minutes but before that we lead up to when her majesty will arrive. laura, we had quite a few themes from ourfriends here, just in laura, we had quite a few themes from our friends here, just in the opening statements. do you detect that this forthcoming session, given the government's very solid majority, is going to be anything as politically charged and controversial as the ones we have seenin controversial as the ones we have seen in the last few years? i think it's auoin seen in the last few years? i think it's going to _ seen in the last few years? i think it's going to be — seen in the last few years? i think it's going to be extremely - it's going to be extremely different, no question about that. the last time we sat here for the queen speech it

reeta, much more to come tomorrow, but thanks very much for now. reeta chakra barti there. out. what are the stakes for labour and the conservatives tomorrow? huw edwards was back on friday... a very good morning, everyone. ..and on saturday. good afternoon, everyone. and though he was taking a well—earned rest on sunday, the results and analysis continued then too. taking the mayor of peterborough and cambridgeshire... it was all too much for some viewers, such as julie from lincolnshire, who recorded her thoughts on camera for us. last saturday afternoon, i switch on my tv to catch up with the latest news on bbc one, only to find the election coverage on yet again. this had been reported in the morning, at lunchtime, and looking at the tv guide, had been all day. i switched to the bbc news channel where the same programme was being shown. while i totally appreciate that news coverage of elections is absolutely essential, having it run on all available news channels for over 72 hours is more than excessive and totally unnecessary. much of the focus was on scotland, where a

reeta chakrabarti has this report from our election studio.ions to the scottish parliament. this is the map as it was after the last elections to the parliament. as you can see, whole swathes of yellow there. those are the snp seats. they got 63 last time. they're aiming for 65 or more for a majority. which would then allow them, should they be able to, to aim for a second independence referendum. let's take a look at some of the seats that we'll be looking at that are fought over in the scottish parliament. here's a selection. and you can see from the end of that they are held at the moment by labour, tory, lib dem and snp. so, all the main parties in play here. as well as the constituencies in scotland, voters also vote for a second regional list. it's a form of proportional representation, whereby they return members of the scottish parliament for a wider region. there is a similar system that is in place in wales. let's take a look at wales, where voters are voting for members of the welsh parliament, the senedd. there are 60 seats up for

this is bbc news, i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... a report into how martin bashir secured his panorama interview with princess diana in 1995 says the bbc fell short of high standards of integrity and transparency. the report finds mr bashir acted in a "deceitful" way to secure the interview. diana's brother, lord spencer, says he sees a direct connection between the interview and his sister's death this is a young girl in her mid—30s who has lived this extraordinarily turbulent and difficult time in the public eye. she didn't know who to trust — and in the end, when she died two years later, she was without any form of real protection. the bbc has also made a full and unconditional apology, and has written to members of the royal family to express regret. there are multiple failures for the bbc to reflect on. 25 years ago, but still, they're very very serious. proposals for the biggest shake—up of the rail network in 25 years, including a new state—owned body to set timetables and ticket prices. failures in the national test and trac

hello this is bbc news with reeta chakrabarti.sued new guidance for people living there. nobody in our system was told about this change in the presentation of the guidance and strength than there have been huge amounts of confusion across the system and this would appear to be in my view a fairly major communications error. local authority leaders for the areas concerned have met with government officials and issued a joint statement this afternoon emphasising there are no local lockdowns — just sensible precautions and advice. hundreds of british women forced into giving up their babies for adoption between the 1950s and 70s, call on the prime minister to issue an official apology. a report into the conservative party's handling of discrimination claims, criticises borisjohnson's comments about women wearing the burka, which he made while he was a journalist. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the brilliant summer of sport feels closer because gareth southgate has named a provisional 33 man

reeta chakrabarti has the details.s the uk recovers from coronavirus. labour has called on the government to deliver "action" rather than "rhetoric". our political correspondent chris mason was watching. an occasion rich in colour and convention, the queen visiting parliament to read out the government's plans. pomp and pageantry, yes, but much more low—key than usual, the monarch arriving by car rather than horse—drawn carriage. wearing a dress and a hat rather than a robe. long—standing rituals maintained, the door to the commons slammed, symbolising the independence of the elected chamber from the queen. some familiar faces did head to the house of lords, one by one, masks on, at a social distance. and in the upper chamber, the usual fancy dress but far fewer people in there. and so, to the speech itself. my lords and members of the house of commons, my government's priority is to deliver a national recovery from the pandemic that makes the united kingdom stronger, healthier and more prosperous than before. to achie

reeta and geeta.gislative plans for this session of parliament. and we're looking at what it will mean for you. let's cross live now to the house of commons where the debate on the queen's speech is getting underway. those job who is it is to maintain this pace is— those job who is it is to maintain this pace is a safe place to work. before _ this pace is a safe place to work. before the moving of this business, i'd before the moving of this business, i'd like _ before the moving of this business, i'd like to express my very best wishes — i'd like to express my very best wishes. just going through some of the business of the day, we will go back to _ the business of the day, we will go back to that when the debate actually — back to that when the debate actually starts. but let's go back now to _ actually starts. but let's go back now to borisjohnson's actually starts. but let's go back now to boris johnson's first day in 2019— now to boris johnson's first day in 2019 when— now to boris johnson's firs

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hello, this is bbc news with me, reeta chakrabarti.ne on june the 14th. continued pressure on england's health secretary as care home leaders dismiss as "absolute rubbish" the claim there was a protective shield around homes in the pandemic. surgeons call for dozens of new hospital hubs in england to tackle what's being called a "colossal backlog" of non—urgent operations. coughing. the sound of a covid cough — scientists come up with a new technique to detect if someone has the virus. new measures to stop what's called the loyalty penalty — that's insurance customers being penalised for renewing rather than shopping around. and barack 0bama praises the anti—poverty campaigning of england footballer marcus rashford. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan. good morning. there are renewed fears over whether this summer's olympic games can go ahead. the japanese government is preparing to extend the current state of emergency in tokyo and other areas ofjapan untiljune the 20th. that'sjust over a month befo

in a moment, reeta chakrabarti has the bbc news at one, first, the weather. hello.rier afternoon. overnight, cloud and rain pushing eastwards across southern counties in england and also thicker cloud northern scotland bringing rain here. forwednesday, northern scotland bringing rain here. for wednesday, another day of sunshine and showers, most showers across eastern areas of scotland and to some eastern areas of scotland. further west, to some eastern areas of scotland. furtherwest, pressure to some eastern areas of scotland. further west, pressure building. south—east england, west midlands, north west england should have a dry afternoon with spells of sunshine and temperatures here around 15—16 , not bad at all. into thursday, not looking good, low pressure moving on from the atlantic bringing heavy rain widely and also strong winds. although it starts in a bright note on the east of the uk, cloud will gather and rain will spread, increasingly windy. strongest winds increasingly windy. strongest winds in the southern hills of wales. strong enough to bring down t

in a moment, the bbc news at one with reeta chakrabarti but now it's time for a look at the weather withas of 60 mph especially on west exposed coasts. temperatures just a especially on west exposed coasts. temperaturesjust a maximum of especially on west exposed coasts. temperatures just a maximum of seven -- 15 temperatures just a maximum of seven —— 15 degrees. below remains with us into tonight and tomorrow, angling itself to the scottish borders. strongest when south of that friday morning. still strong to just forces of wind across wales and up the bristol channel and the english channel as well. we could see gas of winds 50—60 miles per. with trees in full leaf, that could have an impact. plenty of outbreaks of rain on friday, all spreading a. west scotland and northern ireland a drier and brighter day but temperatures still way below par for the time of year. we lose the low pressure as we move into the weekend. the isobars open up, the winds will fall noticeably lighter but coming from a northerly direction shows still not very warm. scattered showers developing in south wales,

reeta chakrabarti is coming up with the bbc news at one.the skies will become a little bit clearer and the overnight temperature will drift down to five or eight celsius. looking at the satellite picture we have at the moment, i'm going to zoom away from the uk down towards the south—west. this area of cloud is going to be responsible for bringing the heavy showers our way from tuesday. i say our way, but it is particularly across south—west of england that we will have it, but many areas of the uk will get a bright start. by the afternoon, showers will be spreading round again, some of the heaviest in wales and central southern england. for wednesday, another sherry kind of day and this time the heavier showers will be going up across the eastern areas of scotland and england. the storms will be slow in nature, they could be quite high rainfall coming from those storms and they could be with you for quite and they could be with you for quite a length of time. the good news is, thursday and friday they will not be showers. the bad news is t

this time round, reeta chakrabarti took on responsibility for sharing, displaying and interpreting thetly perhaps because of its announcement on friday morning came before almost all of the other results across england, scotland and wales. 24 hours later, chris mason was out and about in the town finding out why people had voted the way they had. we've had enough of labour, they've just wrecked us, everything. wrecked it. wrecked it, totally. the hospital, we haven't even got a cell where we can lock someone up on a night. we haven't got a court where we can take them to court. what's that all about? we're a big town. you've got to have these facilities, police. all the police have gone. a number of viewers contacted newswatch about this and two recorded their reactions to that interview for us. here's paul dixon, and first ashley tipping. the change of voting in hartlepool and labour having wrecked it, and cited the town not having a cell to lock people in or a court to try them as examples. this went totally unchallenged. a simple fact check would show the decision to close hartlepoo